Large-scale multi-period precedence constrained knapsack problem: A mining application

نویسندگان

  • Eduardo Moreno
  • Daniel G. Espinoza
  • Marcos Goycoolea
چکیده

We study an extension of the precedence constrained knapsack problem where the knapsack can be filled in multiple periods. This problem is known in the mining industry as the open-pit mine production scheduling problem. We present a new algorithm for solving the LP relaxation of this problem and an LP-based heuristic to obtain feasible solutions. Computational experiments show that we can solve real mining instances with millions of items in minutes, obtaining solutions within 6% of optimality.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics

دوره 36  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010