Optimization of automated float glass lines
Motivated by operational issues in real-world glass manufacturing, this thesis addresses a problem of laying out and sequencing the orders so as to minimize wasted glass, called scrap. This optimization problem combines aspects of traditional cutting problems and traditional scheduling and sequencin...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39637 |