Ferrer, Juan-Carlos; Mac Cawley, Alejandro; Maturana, Sergio - In: International Journal of Production Economics 112 (2008) 2, pp. 985-999
This article presents a practical tool for optimally scheduling wine grape harvesting operations taking into account both operational costs and grape quality. We solve a mixed-integer linear programming model to support harvest scheduling, labor allocation, and routing decisions. A quality loss...