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3. Applying decomposition techniques to decompose complex production sched-
uling problems. The decomposition techniques based on machines
(resources) (e.g., shifting bottleneck technique) and tasks, or mixed
decomposition techniques are utilized to divide the problems into
several subproblems solved separately, and the local optimal solutions
of these subproblems are integrated by some communication strategy
for global optimization. With respect to continuous multiperiod pro-
duction scheduling problems, the rolling scheduling strategy is used
to solve the production scheduling problem in different periods.
4. Applying evaluation function methods to integrate multiple objectives of
the same type. Wi ...