Optimal scheduling in a yogurt production line based on mixed integer linear programming

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 445-453

  Doganis, Philip ^a   Sarimveis, Haralambos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mixed integer linear programming; Production scheduling; Sequence dependent setups; Yogurt production

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OILS AND FATS;

MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING (MILP); PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; SEQUENCE DEPENDENT SETUPS; YOGHURT PRODUCTION;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 33845362790     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.04.062     Document Type: Article

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