Bilevel mixed-integer nonlinear programming for integrated scheduling in a supply chain network

An integrated scheduling problem under a make-to-order supply chain network is addressed. This problem considers integrated production and transportation scheduling with realistic supply chain features such as unrelated parallel shop and product batch-based transportation. The mathematical model for this problem is presented, which is formulated as a bilevel mixed-integer nonlinear program. A novel bilevel evolutionary optimization model based on memetic algorithm is proposed to resolve this problem because the problem is hard-to-tackle for mathematical programming techniques and traditional intelligent techniques. The effectiveness of the proposed optimization model is validated through a series of numerical experiments. The experimental results also confirmed that the proposed optimization model is superior to other three intelligent optimization models.