Heuristic methods for the leather nesting problem in the automotive industry

In this paper, we address a real leather nesting problem (LNP) with holes and quality zones that arises in the automotive industry. We describe two approaches for the solution of the LNP. The first approach consists in a constructive heuristic, while the second relies on local search methods. The co...

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Main Author: Pinto, Telmo (author)
Other Authors: Alves, Cláudio (author), Valério de Carvalho, José Manuel (author), Brás, Pedro Alexandre Fonseca (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/53061
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/53061