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A Comparative Study of Exact Methods for the Bi-objective Integer Cutting Stock Problem
| Resumo: | This article addresses the bi-objective integer cutting stock problem in one dimension. This problem has great importance and use in various industries, including steel mills. The bi-objective model considered aims to minimize the frequency of cutting patterns to meet the minimum demand for each item requested and the number of different cutting patterns to be used, being these conflicting objectives. In this study, we apply three classic methods of scalarization: weighted sum, Chebyshev metric and ɛ-Constraint. This last method is developed to obtain all of the efficient solutions. Also, we propose and test a fourth method, modifying the Chebyshev metric, without the insertion of additional variables in the formulation of the sub-problems. The computational experiments with randomly generated real size instances illustrate and attest the suitability of the bi-objective model for this problem, as well as the applicability of all the proposed exact algorithms, thus showing that they are useful tools for decision makers in this area. Moreover, the modified metric method improved with respect to the performance of the classical version in the tests. |
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| Autores principais: | Filho, Angelo Aliano |
| Outros Autores: | Moretti, Antonio Carlos; Pato, Margarida Vaz |
| Assunto: | Multi-Objective Optimization Multi-Objective Classical Methods One-Dimensional Cutting Stock Problem |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | This article addresses the bi-objective integer cutting stock problem in one dimension. This problem has great importance and use in various industries, including steel mills. The bi-objective model considered aims to minimize the frequency of cutting patterns to meet the minimum demand for each item requested and the number of different cutting patterns to be used, being these conflicting objectives. In this study, we apply three classic methods of scalarization: weighted sum, Chebyshev metric and ɛ-Constraint. This last method is developed to obtain all of the efficient solutions. Also, we propose and test a fourth method, modifying the Chebyshev metric, without the insertion of additional variables in the formulation of the sub-problems. The computational experiments with randomly generated real size instances illustrate and attest the suitability of the bi-objective model for this problem, as well as the applicability of all the proposed exact algorithms, thus showing that they are useful tools for decision makers in this area. Moreover, the modified metric method improved with respect to the performance of the classical version in the tests. |
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