Capacitated Lot Sizing Problems in Process Industries

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. CLSP: Real Life Applications and Motivation to Study Lot Sizing Problems in Process Industries.- Chapter 3. Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Production Carryover and Setup Crossover Across Periods (CLSP:PCSC): Mathematical Model 1 (MM1) and A Heuristic for Process Industries.- Chapter 4. Further Development: Mathematical Model 2 (MM2) and A Comprehensive Heuristic for Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Production Carryover and Setup Crossover Across Periods for Peocess Industries.- Chapter 5. Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Production Carryover and Setup Crossover Across Periods Assuming Sequencedependent Setup Times and Setup Costs (CLSP-SD-PCSC): Mathematical Models for Process Indusctries.- Chapter 6. Summary Concerning Theoretical Developments.

Ramya Ravi currently works in Caterpillar India Private Limited at Chennai, India. She completed Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Viswa Mahavidhyala University in 2008. She completed Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai (Anna University) in 2011. Thereafter, she received Ph.D. in Operations Management from IIT Madras in 2017. Her research interests include Supply Chain Management, Inventory Optimization, Production Planning and Scheduling, and Analytics. She has a publication in International Journal of Production Research, and she has attended international conferences, both in India and abroad.
Chandrasekharan Rajendran is a Professor in the Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras, India. He holds RAGS Family Foundation Institute Chair in IIT Madras. He has been serving on the faculty of IIT Madras since 1987. His research interests include Operations and Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Distribution Management, Scheduling in Manufacturing and Service Systems, Optimization and Heuristic Techniques, Simulation Modeling, and Quality Management. He is a recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship of Germany and he is also a Visiting Professor in University of Passau, Germany. He has been conferred Dr. rer. pol. h.c. (Doctor of Business Administration and Economics (Honoris Causa)) by University of Passau for his outstanding achievements and contributions to research. He has been ranked among the best researchers, both in India and world-wide, in Operations Management.
Hans Ziegler has his Diploma from University of Karlsruhe (TH) (now called Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), and PhD and Post-doctoral Habilitation from University of Paderborn. He had been on the faculty of Universities of Paderborn and Darmstadt, before moving to University of Passau where he holds the Chair for Production, Operations and