Smart schedules streamline distributions maintenance

Author

Creemers, Tom ; Ros, Lluís ; Riera, Jordi ; Roca, Josep ; Ferrarons, Carles

Author_Institution

Inst. de Robotica i Inf. Ind, Spain

Volume

11

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

53

Abstract

The scheduling and coordination of maintenance tasks and resource dispatching, with the aim of guaranteeing service to all customers, forms an essential part of the planning engineer´s tasks. Least cost solutions are key. This article features a novel application called PLANETS, based on a constraint-logic programming paradigm, for scheduling maintenance activities on large distribution networks. Examples are included from system tests performed on subsets of the distribution network of Empresa Nacional Hidroelectrica del Ribagorzana (ENHER), a Spanish electric company

Keywords

distribution networks; logic programming; maintenance engineering; power engineering computing; scheduling; Empresa Nacional Hidroelectrica del Ribagorzana; PLANETS scheduler; Spanish electric company; constraint-logic programming paradigm; distribution networks maintenance; least cost solutions; maintenance tasks coordination; resource dispatching coordination; scheduling; smart schedules; system tests; Calendars; Cost function; Electric variables; Electrical safety; Optimization methods; Processor scheduling; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Applications in Power, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0895-0156

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/67.694936

Filename

694936