Two-machine flowshop scheduling with bicriteria problem

This paper attempts to solve a two-machine flowshop bicriteria scheduling problem with release dates for the jobs, in which the objective function is to minimize a weighed sum of total flow time and makespan. To tackle this scheduling problem, an integer programming model with N²+3N variables and 5N constraints where N is the number of jobs, is formulated. Because of the lengthy computing time and high computing complexity of the integer programming model, a heuristic scheduling algorithm is presented. Experimental results show that the proposed heuristic algorithm can solve this problem rapidly and accurately. The average solution quality of the heuristic algorithm is above 99% and is much better than that of the SPT rule as a benchmark. A 15-job case requires only 0.018 s, on average, to obtain an ultimate or even optimal solution. The heuristic scheduling algorithm is a more practical approach to real world applications than the integer programming model.     

基于柔性维护的堕化单机系统调度研究

针对单机系统,在假设生产系统为堕化系统,且生产过程中作业的加工不可中断的情况下,对考虑柔性时间窗口[[u,v]]下进行长度为[w]的周期预防性维护的调度问题进行了研究。建立了综合考虑生产调度和设备维护的混合整数规划模型,并设计了一套基于贪婪的启发式算法对所研究问题进行优化求解。通过Cplex和启发式算法求解结果的对比证明了算法可以快速、有效地解决此类问题。     

一种求解单机成组作业优化调度的启发算法

优化目标为总流程时间的单机成组作业优化调度问题，明显是NP－hard的。该文在利用优化性质的基础上，提出了一种构造性的启发算法。该算法计算量小，可应用于大规模优化调度问题，仿真结果表明该算法能够找到次优解，其性能优于已的启发算法。     

A genetic algorithm for multiprocessor scheduling

The problem of multiprocessor scheduling can be stated as finding a schedule for a general task graph to be executed on a multiprocessor system so that the schedule length can be minimized. This scheduling problem is known to be NP-hard, and methods based on heuristic search have been proposed to obtain optimal and suboptimal solutions. Genetic algorithms have recently received much attention as a class of robust stochastic search algorithms for various optimization problems. In this paper, an efficient method based on genetic algorithms is developed to solve the multiprocessor scheduling problem. The representation of the search node is based on the order of the tasks being executed in each individual processor. The genetic operator proposed is based on the precedence relations between the tasks in the task graph. Simulation results comparing the proposed genetic algorithm, the list scheduling algorithm, and the optimal schedule using random task graphs, and a robot inverse dynamics computational task graph are presented     

Minimizing makespan subject to minimum flowtime on two identical parallel machines

We consider the problem of scheduling jobs on two parallel identical machines where an optimal schedule is defined as one that gives the smallest makespan (the completion time of the last job) among the set of schedules with optimal total flowtime (the sum of the completion times of all jobs). We propose an algorithm to determine optimal schedules for the problem, and describe a modified multifit algorithm to find an approximate solution to the problem in polynomial computational time. Results of a computational study to compare the performance of the proposed algorithms with a known heuristic shows that the proposed heuristic and optimization algorithms are quite effective and efficient in solving the problem.Scope and purposeMultiple objective optimization problems are quite common in practice. However, while solving scheduling problems, optimization algorithms often consider only a single objective function. Consideration of multiple objectives makes even the simplest multi-machine scheduling problems NP-hard. Therefore, enumerative optimization techniques and heuristic solution procedures are required to solve multi-objective scheduling problems. This paper illustrates the development of an optimization algorithm and polynomially bounded heuristic solution procedures for the scheduling jobs on two identical parallel machines to hierarchically minimize the makespan subject to the optimality of the total flowtime.     

The total completion time open shop scheduling problem with a given sequence of jobs on one machine

This paper addresses the open shop scheduling problem to minimize the total completion time, provided that one of the machines has to process the jobs in a given sequence. The problem is NP-hard in the strong sense even for the two-machine case. A lower bound is derived based on the optimal solution of a relaxed problem in which the operations on every machine may overlap except for the machine with a given sequence of jobs. This relaxed problem is NP-hard in the ordinary sense, however it can be quickly solved via a decomposition into subset-sum problems. Both heuristic and branch-and-bound algorithm are proposed. Experimental results show that the heuristic is efficient for solving large-scaled problems, and the branch-and-bound algorithm performs well on small-scaled problems.Scope and purposeShop scheduling problems, widely used in the modeling of industrial production processes, are receiving an increasing amount of attention from researchers. To model practical production processes more closely, additional processing restrictions can be introduced, e.g., the resource constraints, the no-wait in process requirement, the precedence constraints, etc. This paper considers the total completion time open shop scheduling problem with a given sequence of jobs on one machine. This model belongs to a new class of shop scheduling problems under machine-dependent precedence constraints. This problem is NP-hard in the strong sense. A heuristic is proposed to efficiently solve large-scaled problems and a branch-and-bound algorithm is presented to optimally solve small-scaled problems. Computational experience is also reported.     

一种启发式算法求解批量计划和排序集成问题

文章针对基于JIT思想建立的一种批量计划和作业排序集成问题,建立整体模型,设计了一种启发式算法采用集成方法求求解。针对问题的特点和遗传算法的特性,各层优化时均采用遗传算法求解,借鉴递阶优化方法的思想,首先从优化作业排序层出发,将其优化结果作为约束来优化批量计划层,然后利用利用批量优化的结果再重新来协调优化作业排序层,进而进一步去求解更好的批量计划。基于这种协调传递的思想,使各层的优化形成一个闭环,直到满足循环终止条件,得到比较理想的结果。最后通过算例试验表明,这种启发式算法与采用整体求解方法相比,具有比较满意的寻优性能和收敛速度。     

Scheduling deteriorating jobs on a single machine with release times

This paper investigates a single-machine deteriorating job scheduling problem with job release times where its objective is to minimize the makespan. The problem is known to be NP-hard. Therefore, a branch-and-bound algorithm incorporating with several dominance properties and lower bounds is proposed to derive the optimal solution for the problem. In addition, easy-implemented heuristic algorithms are also provided to obtain the near-optimal solution. The computational experiments indicate that the branch-and-bound algorithm can solve most of the medium-job-sized problems within a reasonable time, and the heuristic is quite accurate with an average error percentage of less than 0.3%.     

柔性作业车间调度问题的集成启发式算法

柔性作业车间调度问题,包括路径分配和加工排序2大子问题,是组合优化理论和实际生产管理的重要研究方向。作为传统作业车间调度的扩展,柔性作业车间调度问题的内在复杂性(强NP-Hard)使得传统的最优化方法难以有效求解。文章针对以多目标权重和最优为目标的柔性作业车间调度问题,提出基于过滤定向搜索的集成启发式算法,设计改进了节点分枝策略和局部/全局评价函数,能同时解决2大子问题。通过实例仿真,对算法性能进行比较分析和评价,结果表明了算法的可行性和有效性。     

A linear programming-based method for job shop scheduling

We present a decomposition heuristic for a large class of job shop scheduling problems. This heuristic utilizes information from the linear programming formulation of the associated optimal timing problem to solve subproblems, can be used for any objective function whose associated optimal timing problem can be expressed as a linear program (LP), and is particularly effective for objectives that include a component that is a function of individual operation completion times. Using the proposed heuristic framework, we address job shop scheduling problems with a variety of objectives where intermediate holding costs need to be explicitly considered. In computational testing, we demonstrate the performance of our proposed solution approach.