Computation of optimal production plans for manufacturing systems (Q4378941)

The object of this paper is to show how the software MISER3 can be used to compute optimal plans for manufactoring systems. These are solutions of optimal control problems like \[ J({\mathbf u})\int^T_0 e^{-\delta t} \Biggl(\sum_i^{n_f} a_ix_i+\sum_{if+1}^{n_s}(a_ix_i^+b_ix_i^- \Biggr)+\mu\sum_(j ^{n_c}u_j^2)dt\longrightarrow \text{Min} \] \[ {\dot{\mathbf x}}{\mathbf Bu}-{\mathbf Cd}, \qquad x_i\geq 0\;(i,\dots,n_f), \qquad g_i({\mathbf u})\geq 0\;(i,\dots,n_g). \] The penalty method is used to remove the state constraints. The solution computed by MISER3 has each control function discretized as piecewise constant or piecewise linear. Numerical results are provided und three examples are discussed.