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This chapter proposes a farm harvest scheduling to provide cane equity among growers while maximizing the total sugar yield over the entire mill area. A heuristic algorithm, called two-phase cane harvest scheduling (CANEHAS), was developed to solve a practical large-size problem. In Phase I, the CANEHAS algorithm was developed to maximize the total sugar yield. In Phase II, the growers’ equity, in terms of cane quality, was proposed. The solutions of both phases were improved using Tabu search. The mill could use the proposed algorithms, either Phase I or Phase II, to make decisions when providing the queue cards to the contracted grower groups in order to increase profitability.
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Sethanan, K., Theerakulpisut, S., Neungmatcha, W. (2014). Sugarcane Harvest Scheduling to Maximize Total Sugar Yield with Consideration of Equity in Quality Among the Growers. In: Golinska, P. (eds) Logistics Operations, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability. EcoProduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07287-6_24
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