Mixed Integer Programming with Decomposition for Workforce Scheduling and Routing with Time-dependent Activities Constraints

Wasakorn Laesanklang, Dario Landa-Silva, J. Arturo Castillo-Salazar

2016

Abstract

We present a mixed integer programming decomposition approach to tackle workforce scheduling and routing problems (WSRP) that involve time-dependent activities constraints. The proposed method is called repeated decomposition with conflict repair (RDCR) and it consists of repeatedly applying a phase of problem decomposition and sub-problem solving, followed by a phase dedicated to conflict repair. Five types of time-dependent activities constraints are considered: overlapping, synchronisation, minimum difference, maximum difference, and minimum-maximum difference. Experiments are conducted to compare the proposed method to a tailored greedy heuristic. Results show that the proposed RDCR is an effective approach to harness the power of mixed integer programming solvers to tackle the difficult and highly constrained WSRP in practical computational time.

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Laesanklang W., Landa-Silva D. and Castillo-Salazar J. (2016). Mixed Integer Programming with Decomposition for Workforce Scheduling and Routing with Time-dependent Activities Constraints . In Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-171-7, pages 330-339. DOI: 10.5220/0005757503300339


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icores16,
author={Wasakorn Laesanklang and Dario Landa-Silva and J. Arturo Castillo-Salazar},
title={Mixed Integer Programming with Decomposition for Workforce Scheduling and Routing with Time-dependent Activities Constraints},
booktitle={Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,},
year={2016},
pages={330-339},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005757503300339},
isbn={978-989-758-171-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,
TI - Mixed Integer Programming with Decomposition for Workforce Scheduling and Routing with Time-dependent Activities Constraints
SN - 978-989-758-171-7
AU - Laesanklang W.
AU - Landa-Silva D.
AU - Castillo-Salazar J.
PY - 2016
SP - 330
EP - 339
DO - 10.5220/0005757503300339