Identical parallel machine scheduling with peak energy consumption constraints

Abstract

Recently, due to the lack of fossil fuel resources and the increase in greenhouse gases generated in the manufacturing process, industrial sites are trying to reduce energy use, and at the same time, energy use is being restricted. This study deals with the scheduling problem of minimizing energy consumption in parallel machines with peak energy consumption constraints. First, we model the problem through mathematical modeling techniques and derive an optimal solution using a branch-and-bound method. Through experiments, we compare the performance of a branch-and-bound method and optimization commercial tools.