A Scheduling model based on Group Decision Support

This paper aims to present a model to support collaborative scheduling in complex dynamic manufacturing environments. The model we propose considers the interaction between an agent based scheduling module (ASM) and a group decision support module (GDSM). The input of the agent based scheduling module is a unique set of criteria weight and the output is set of candidate scheduling solutions, generated according the set of criteria weight and/or by a particular kind of method. Scheduling is a multicriteria decision problem; in practice different schedulers may agree as to the key objectives but differ greatly as to their relative importance in any given situation. The interaction between the scheduling actors will be supported through the group decision support module (GDSM) envisaging the selection of a scheduling solution through the exchange of arguments between the members of the scheduling group