Title: An application of integer programming to producing aircraft engine parts

Authors: Daniel Solow; Qiong Wu; Dan Magri

Addresses: Department of Operations, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ' Department of Operations, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ' PCC Airfoils, 3401 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200, Beachwood, OH 44122, USA

Abstract: Integer programming models are developed for optimising the production of a part used in aircraft engines. A real-world problem is solved to optimality; however, for some potentially large real-world problems, one of these models can require too much time, so appropriate heuristics are developed. These heuristics are shown computationally to be both effective and efficient using randomly generated data.

Keywords: integer programming application; integer programming heuristic; aircraft manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2021.113369

International Journal of Applied Management Science, 2021 Vol.13 No.1, pp.1 - 14

Received: 21 May 2018
Accepted: 16 May 2019
Published online: 02 Mar 2021 *

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