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RCPSP

This web site contains files with results of algorithms for resource-constrained project scheduling problems (RCPSP, RCPSP/max, MRCPSP/max) as well as instances for the RCPSP with transfer times.
The used data sets are the PROGEN data sets from the PSPLIB


Lower bound LB2 for RCPSP based on LP of Mingozzi et al. [1998] and immediate selection (Brucker, Knust, Schoo, Thiele [1998]),
calculated with column generation by Baar, Brucker, Knust [1998]:
  • lp.60: Lower bounds for the PROGEN data set with n=60
  • lp.90: Lower bounds for the PROGEN data set with n=90

    Lower bound LB for RCPSP based on constraint propagation (immediate selection) and linear programming published in Brucker, Knust [2000]:
  • lpcp.60: Lower bounds for the PROGEN data set with n=60
  • lpcp.90: Lower bounds for the PROGEN data set with n=90
  • lpcp.120: Lower bounds for the PROGEN data set with n=120

    Lower bound for MRCPSP/max based on constraint propagation and linear programming (Brucker, Knust [2003]):
  • mrcpspmax.30: Lower bounds for the PROGEN/max data set with n=30
  • mrcpspmax.50: Lower bounds for the PROGEN/max data set with n=50
  • rcpspmax.c: Lower bounds for the PROGEN/max data set C with n=100
  • rcpspmax.d: Lower bounds for the PROGEN/max data set D with n=100

    Tabu-search algorithm based on critical arcs, published in Baar, Brucker, Knust [1998]:
  • tslist.30: Results for the PROGEN data set with n=30
  • tslist.60: Results for the PROGEN data set with n=60
  • tslist.90: Results for the PROGEN data set with n=90

    Tabu-search algorithm based on parallelity, published in Baar, Brucker, Knust [1998]:
  • tspara.30: Results for the PROGEN data set with n=30
  • tspara.60: Results for the PROGEN data set with n=60
  • tspara.90: Results for the PROGEN data set with n=90

    Instances of RCPSP with transfer times, used in Poppenborg, Knust [2016]:
  • rcpsp_tt_instances.zip
  • rcpsp_tt_30.txt: Results for the data set with n=30
  • rcpsp_tt_60.txt: Results for the data set with n=60
  • rcpsp_tt_90.txt: Results for the data set with n=90
  • rcpsp_tt_120.txt: Results for the data set with n=120

  • Baar, Brucker, Knust [1998]: Tabu-search algorithms and lower bounds for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem,
    in: S.Voss, S.Martello, I.Osman, C.Roucairol (eds.): Meta-heuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for Optimization, Kluwer, 1-18.
  • Brucker, Knust, Schoo, Thiele [1998]: A Branch-and-bound algorithm for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem,
    European Journal of Operational Research 107, 272-288.
  • Brucker, Knust [2000]: A linear programming and constraint propagation-based lower bound for the RCPSP,
    European Journal of Operational Research 127, 355-362.
  • Brucker, Knust [2003]: Lower bounds for resource-constrained project scheduling problems,
    European Journal of Operational Research 149, 302-313.
  • Mingozzi, Maniezzo, Ricciardelli, Bianco [1998]: An exact algorithm for project scheduling with resource constraints based on a new mathematical formulation,
    Management Science 44, 714-729.
  • Poppenborg, Knust [2016]: A flow-based tabu search algorithm for the RCPSP with transfer times,
    OR Spectrum 38, 305-334.