Cyclic Scheduling to Minimize Inventory in a Batch Flow Line

2-machine problem average gap average WIP b₁ best permutation schedule boj(i)j conjectures constraints CYCLIC SCHEDULING defined delays between machines demand rate Economic Lot Scheduling El-Najdawi ELSP example Figure finished goods inventory flow line Gantt Chart hequal heuristic procedures Holding Mean Maximum idle inventory cost inventory holding costs linear program Lot Scheduling Problem lower bound machine j+1 Maximum Mean Maximum Maximum of Setup maximum setup Mean Maximum Mean minimum cycle length Network Flow Number Maximum Maximum number of machines objective value Operations Research optimal solution parameter settings Pij+1 processed on machine processing delays processing rate production Pure rotation schedules Section sequence on machine Setup Holding Mean setup on machine Smax solution value T(Pij t₂ Table Tmin transfer batch travelling salesman problem two-machine problem v₁ v₁d WIP inventory worst case error wrap vector wraps between machines Z1<Z2 Number Maximum