Simulation Optimization for the Multihoist Scheduling Problem

Table 1

An MHSP example.

Operations job, precedence	Processing time window (min) machines
		20–30	20–40	10–30	10–50
	30–40	10–40	—	20–30
	30–40	—	—	—
	20–30	—	10–30	10–30
	—	30–50	50–60	10–20
	10–20	—	—	—
	—	10–20	10–30	20–30
	10–20	—	—	—
	—	20–30	20–30	—
Tracks	1
Hoists	1
Transfer time	1 (between locations)
Cross time	1 (for any machine)