A BI-OBJECTIVE MULTIPERIOD ONE-DIMENSIONAL CUTTING STOCK PROBLEM

ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate the bi-objective multiperiod one-dimensional cutting stock problem that seeks to minimize the cost of production associated with the total length of cut objects (waste) and the inventory costs related to objects and items. A mathematical model is presented and heuristically solved by a column generation method. Computational tests were performed using the Weighted Sum method, the ε-Constraint method and a variation of the Benson method. The Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated in order to investigate the trade-off between the conflicting objectives of the problem. The results confirmed a strong negative correlation between the objective functions of the problem. All the applied scalar methods were able to find multiple efficient solutions for the problem in a reasonable computational time; however, the ε-Constraint and the modified Benson methods performed better.