A cross-layer cooperative optimization framework for optimal scheduling of multi-grade PET fiber production

Abstract

The fluctuations in the supply chain market of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers have been intensifying in recent years. Existing research on the production scheduling of PET plants is usually based on the assumption of a stationary supply chain market. However, these works ignore supply chain fluctuations and market competition, and the schedule obtained may become sub-optimal or infeasible in the real market. This paper considers using the game to represent the competition and cooperation relationships in the market among enterprises with limited supply capacity to obtain equilibrium supplies. Meanwhile, changes in the market prices will cause changes in the equilibrium supplies of the game. In addition, price prediction and supply decisions support the production schedule to achieve high economic efficiency. Therefore, we propose a cross-layer cooperative optimization framework between the supply chain layer and production chain layer for production scheduling optimization. In the supply chain layer, price trends are predicted by synchronous spatio-temporal relationship network, and equilibrium supplies are obtained through a multi-firm multi-product game. In the production chain layer, a production scheduling optimization model that integrates predicted prices and equilibrium supplies from the supply chain layer is established. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified on a real-world PET plant.