A hybrid system for short-term scheduling in manufacturing: a case study

Author

Boccalatte, A. ; Paolucci, M. ; Pesenti, R. ; Piombo, A. ; Prefumo, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Commun. & Syst. Sci., Genoa Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

2-5 Oct 1994

Firstpage

1189

Abstract

In this paper a system for dealing with short-term scheduling problems in manufacturing is presented. The system has a hybrid architecture since it integrates a module based on a numerical scheduling algorithm with a knowledge-based module. The system is designed to deal with the scheduling problems which, due to the complexity of the operational conditions involved cannot be solved in an acceptable way by a reliable numerical algorithm. The approach proposed is that of generating a starting solution to a simplified version of the real problem by means of a numerical algorithm, and then modifying such a solution by the knowledge-based module in order to satisfy the real conditions. A case study which illustrates such an approach is presented

Keywords

computer aided production planning; knowledge based systems; numerical analysis; production control; knowledge-based module; manufacturing; numerical scheduling; operational conditions; production control; short-term scheduling; Algorithm design and analysis; Artificial intelligence; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer aided software engineering; Context modeling; Continuous production; Job shop scheduling; Processor scheduling; Pulp manufacturing; Scheduling algorithm; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1994.400006

Filename

400006