Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
An integer programming (IP) model is proposed for integrated resource allocation and operation scheduling for a multiple job-agents system. Each agent handles a specific job-list in a bidirectional flowshop. For the individual agent scheduling problem, a formulation is proposed in continuous time domain and compared with an IP formulation in discrete time domain. Of particular interest is the formulation of the machine utilization function-- both in continuous time and discrete time. Fast heuristic methods are proposed with the relaxation of the machine capacity. For the integrated resource allocation and scheduling problem, a linear programming relaxation approach is applied to solve the global resource allocation and a fast heuristic method is applied to solve each scheduling subproblem. The proposed solution is compared experimentally with that from the integer programming solver by CPLEX.
Discipline
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Business | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Publication
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews
Volume
39
Issue
2
First Page
190
Last Page
200
ISSN
1094-6977
Identifier
10.1109/TSMCC.2008.2007500
Publisher
IEEE
Citation
LAU, Hoong Chuin; ZHAO, Zhengyi; and Ge, Shuzhi Sam.
Integrated Resource Allocation and Scheduling in Bidirectional Flow Shop with Multi-Machine and COS Constraints. (2009). IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews. 39, (2), 190-200.
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Additional URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSMCC.2008.2007500
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