An extension of the extended basic period approach for economic lot scheduling problems (Q1072929)

This paper addresses the problem of choosing cyclical production patterns for several products which are produced on a common production facility. The extended basic period approach of \textit{S. E. Elmaghraby} [Manage. Sci. 24, 587-598 (1978; Zbl 0376.90051)] is extended by allowing more than two basic periods. The problem of dimensionality of the dynamic programming formulation is dealt with by aggregating the capacity data in different basic periods.