车间作业调度的可行化判定及不可行解的纠正

生产调度过程中出现不可行解是调度研究经常遇到的问题之一.提出了对JSP调度方案进行可行化判定和纠正不可行解的可行算子,算子包括了基于有向图拓扑排序原理对车间作业调度方案进行可行判定的方法和将不可行解纠正为可行解的算法.证明了该纠正算法总能成功,并对算子的功能进行了拓展使之还可应用于不完备调度.最后讨论了可行算子的特点、时间效率和应用前景.     

工序顺序柔性的作业车间调度问题的改进遗传算法求解

针对在工艺设计中提供工序顺序柔性的作业车间调度问题,总结了该问题中柔性工序顺序的类型和特点,并提出了一种求解该问题的改进遗传算法.以尽可能缩短制造周期为目标,结合问题特点,改进了染色体的编码方式,在常用的基于工序顺序的编码方法上融入了基于柔性工序顺序的编码方法,并据此设计了相应的交叉、变异等操作,防止遗传过程中不可行解的产生,避免染色体修复,提高求解效率.最后以MATLAB为工具用某轴承公司的实际生产数据对该算法进行了仿真.通过与不考虑工序顺序柔性的作业车间调度问题遗传算法求解结果进行对比,证明了该算法可行性和有效性.     

求解集束型装备调度问题的改进遗传算法

针对半导体制造中的有滞留时间约束集束型装备调度问题,以最小化生产周期为目标,建立问题的数学模型,提出基于机械手搬运作业顺序编码的改进遗传算法.设计基于禁止区间法的启发式构造算法以生成初始种群,避免了不可行染色体的产生;通过互换染色体中处于机械手全等待的基因位置,以及基于图论的不可行解修复技术改进局部搜索效率,避免冗余迭代和陷入局部最优等现象.与遗传算法、混合量子进化算法的仿真实验比较,验证了提出算法的有效性和鲁棒性.     

改进的混合算法求解车间作业调度问题

车间作业调度问题是个典型的NP-hard问题,为了更有效的解决车间作业调度问题,提出了一种改进的混合算法(IGASA).算法设计了一种基于当前最优解的免疫算子,算子对当前最优个体中选取运行时间最少的一台机器上的工件顺序当作疫苗,并用车间调度问题的图论模型解释了此算子的合理性.最后通过大量实验证明改进的混合算法的性能的优越性,从而证明设计的免疫算子是有意义的.     

解特殊工艺约束下提前/拖后调度问题的新遗传算法

针对非一致并行机环境下特殊工艺约束提前/拖后调度问题,设计了一个基于向量组编码的新遗传算法,此算法的编码方法简单,能有效地反映实际调度方案,即清楚地反映出每机器加工产品的代号和顺序.引入浓度概念,对种群中浓度高的个体进行抑制,从而增加群体多样性,同时,利用爬山算法对种群中个体进行局部搜索,提高了种群质量,加快了收敛速度.仿真结果表明,此算法是有效的,适用于解实际的此类调度问题.     

并行机问题的模拟退火调度算法研究

研究了一类调度目标是最小化最大完成时间的并行机调度问题.考虑到此问题的NP-hard特性,引入模拟退火算法思想以获取高质量近优解.分析了现有此问题模拟退火算法的缺陷,定义了关键机器和非关键机器,设计了一个包含局部优化的模拟退火算法.除了交换变换,还引入插入变换以改变各子调度中作业个数.大量的随机数据实验用于验证算法解的质量和计算效率,实验结果表明该模拟退火算法能够在有限时间内为大规模问题求得高质量满意解.     

并列选择单亲遗传算法在自动化立体仓库货位优化中的应用

针对传统遗传算法在求解自动化立体仓库货位优化多目标模型中容易陷于局部最优解以及交叉变异过程中产生大量不可行解等问题,提出了并列选择单亲遗传算法.算法采用了0,1矩阵编码、并列选择算子、单亲变异算子等,有效避免了交叉变异操作产生不可行解的问题.通过对控制参数进行较合理地选取,算法能够综合考虑各子目标的相对优秀个体,从中选取出全局近似最优解,有效降低了算法陷于局部最优解的概率.利用该算法对36种货物的自动化立体仓库货位进行优化,通过比较优化前后的货位对应的拣选时间及货架重心可以看出,优化后的货位对应的拣选效率及货架稳定性均有明显提高.     

改进的布谷鸟算法求解考虑运输时间的分布式柔性流水车间调度问题

针对分布式制造环境下多车间调度问题特点,结合企业实际生产情况,考虑相邻工序间的运输时间,建立以最小化最大完工时间为优化目标的分布式柔性流水车间调度模型,提出一种改进布谷鸟算法用于求解该模型。算法改进包括设计了一种基于工序、车间和机器的三层编码方案;根据问题特点设计了混合种群初始化策略以提高种群质量;改进了布谷鸟搜索操作使其适用于求解该模型;设计了一种种群进化策略以提高算法收敛速度及解的质量。最后通过仿真实验,与多种算法对比,验证所提算法的有效性和优越性。     

动态连续蚁群系统及其在天基预警中的应用

存在监控冲突的天基中段预警传感器调度优化是一个动态、高维、复杂多约束的非线性优化问题,其解空间的高维度与状态复杂性直接制约了智能优化算法的运用.本文以任务分解与任务复合优先权计算为基础,通过二级分离机制将解空间维度与状态复杂性降低至适于连续蚁群(continuous ant-colony optimization,CACO)处理的全局优化形态,构建出相应的优化子路径集.在此基础上,针对监控冲突导致的状态变化特性,从局部搜索递进与募集的角度提出适于传感器调度优化的MG-DCACO(double direction continuous ant-colony optimization based mass recruitment and group recruitment)算法,成功将智能优化算法应用于基于低轨星座的天基中段预警中.最后对算法的收敛性进行论证,并通过与已有规则调度算法的对比得出MG-DCACO算法可获得优于规则调度算法的全局最优解.     

带时间窗的车间搬运机器人路径优化建模及算法研究

本文以车间搬运机器人为研究对象,在考虑时间窗的前提下,求解机器人进行物料配送和成品回收场景下的路径优化问题。提出一种强化学习遗传蚁群算法,首先利用扫描法求解初始搬运机器人的数量,并将子路径节点的几何中心设置为虚拟节点,利用嵌入遗传算子的蚁群算法求解连接虚拟节点的最优路径,再利用强化学习算法求解子路径的最优结果;最后将基本成本、运输成本和时间惩罚成本的加权和作为目标解,并最终求出满足约束条件的最优解。通过与基准问题求解结果对比,验证了强化学习遗传蚁群算法的优越性。     

An Improved Genetic Algorithm for the Distributed and Flexible Job-shop Scheduling problem

The Distributed and Flexible Job-shop Scheduling problem (DFJS) considers the scheduling of distributed manufacturing environments, where jobs are processed by a system of several Flexible Manufacturing Units (FMUs). Distributed scheduling problems deal with the assignment of jobs to FMUs and with determining the scheduling of each FMU, in terms of assignment of each job operation to one of the machines able to work it (job-routing flexibility) and sequence of operations on each machine. The objective is to minimize the global makespan over all the FMUs. This paper proposes an Improved Genetic Algorithm to solve the Distributed and Flexible Job-shop Scheduling problem. With respect to the solution representation for non-distributed job-shop scheduling, gene encoding is extended to include information on job-to-FMU assignment, and a greedy decoding procedure exploits flexibility and determines the job routings. Besides traditional crossover and mutation operators, a new local search based operator is used to improve available solutions by refining the most promising individuals of each generation. The proposed approach has been compared with other algorithms for distributed scheduling and evaluated with satisfactory results on a large set of distributed-and-flexible scheduling problems derived from classical job-shop scheduling benchmarks.     

A general approach for optimizing regular criteria in the job-shop scheduling problem

Even though a very large number of solution methods has been developed for the job-shop scheduling problem, a majority has been designed for the makespan criterion. In this paper, we propose a general approach for optimizing any regular criterion in the job-shop scheduling problem. The approach is a local search method that uses a disjunctive graph model and neighborhoods generated by swapping critical arcs. The connectivity property of the neighborhood structure is proved and a novel efficient method for evaluating moves is presented. Besides its generality, another prominent advantage of the proposed approach is its simple implementation that only requires to tune the range of one parameter. Extensive computational experiments carried out on various criteria (makespan, total weighted flow time, total weighted tardiness, weighted sum of tardy jobs, maximum tardiness) show the efficiency of the proposed approach. Best results were obtained for some problem instances taken from the literature.     

An integrated approach for scheduling health care activities in a hospital

To effectively utilise hospital beds, operating rooms (OR) and other treatment spaces, it is necessary to precisely plan patient admissions and treatments in advance. As patient treatment and recovery times are unequal and uncertain, this is not easy. In response, a sophisticated flexible job-shop scheduling (FJSS) model is introduced, whereby patients, beds, hospital wards and health care activities are respectively treated as jobs, single machines, parallel machines and operations. Our approach is novel because an entire hospital is describable and schedulable in one integrated approach. The scheduling model can be used to recompute timings after deviations, delays, postponements and cancellations. It also includes advanced conditions such as activity and machine setup times, transfer times between activities, blocking limitations and no wait conditions, timing and occupancy restrictions, buffering for robustness, fixed activities and sequences, release times and strict deadlines. To solve the FJSS problem, constructive algorithms and hybrid meta-heuristics have been developed. Our numerical testing shows that the proposed solution techniques are capable of solving problems of real world size. This outcome further highlights the value of the scheduling model and its potential for integration into actual hospital information systems.     

Preemptive Scheduling with Two Minimax Criteria

Two preemptive single-machine bicriteria scheduling problems with release dates and deadlines are considered in this paper. Each criterion is formulated as a maximum cost. In the first problem the cost of both criteria depends on the completion time of the tasks. This problem can be solved by enumerating all the Pareto optimal points with an approach proposed by Hoogeveen (1996) for the nonpreemptive problem without release dates. In the second problem, the costs of one criterion are dependent on the completion times of the tasks and the costs of the other criterion are dependent on the start times. This problem is more difficult but an efficient algorithm is proposed for a sub-problem with heads, tails, release dates and deadlines that appears in the job-shop scheduling problem.     

粒子群遗传混合算法求解考虑传输时间的FJSP

在某些生产制造场景中,工件在不同机器间的传输时间对车间调度的总拖期具有重要影响,本文基于此扩展了总拖期最小的柔性作业车间调度模型。针对问题模型的复杂性,采用粒子群优化算法和遗传算法的混合算法进行求解。在初始化过程以一定概率优选加工时间和传输时间短的机器并排除调度频繁的机器,使种群在保持多样性的前提下尽量选择优化结果好的个体;采用线性调整的方式动态改变交叉概率和变异概率的值,使种群在遗传算法的不同阶段具有不同的搜索强度;采用粒子群优化算法进行局部搜索,弥补了遗传算法局部搜索能力的不足。最后采用本文方法和其他方法求解柔性作业车间调度问题实例,并对比不同水平层次传输时间下的总拖期,验证了本文方法的有效性。     

基于混沌量子算法和MAGTD的多目标FJSP求解策略

针对多目标环境下柔性作业车间的调度问题,以最小化最大完工时间和惩罚值为目标,建立调度问题的数学模型,提出了基于混沌理论的量子粒子群算法。针对实际生产交货期不确定的特点,在量子粒子群算法基础上,提出引入混沌机制建立初始群的方法;利用混沌机制的遍历性,提出混沌局部优化策略;为获取最优调度方案提出了引入多指标加权灰靶选择策略。通过典型基准算例和对比测试,验证了所提出的算法获得最满意调度方案的可行性和求解多目标柔性作业车间调度问题的有效性。     

Scheduling a single machine with multiple job processing ability to minimize makespan

This paper investigates a new problem, called single machine scheduling with multiple job processing ability, which is derived from the production of the continuous walking beaming reheating furnace in iron and steel industry. In this problem, there is no batch and the jobs enter and leave the machine one by one and continuously, which is different from general single machine batch scheduling problem where the jobs in a batch share the same start and departure time. Therefore, the start time and the departure time of a job depend on not only the job sequence but also the machine capacity. This problem is also different from the single semi-continuous batching machine scheduling recently studied in the literature, where the jobs are processed in batch mode and a new batch cannot be started for processing until the processing of the previous batch is completed though jobs in the same batch enter and leave the machine one by one. The objective of this problem is to minimize the makespan. We formulate this problem as a mixed integer linear programming model and propose a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for this problem. Computational results on randomly generated instances show that the proposed PSO algorithm is effective.     

Minimizing due date related performance measures on two batch processing machines

This paper considers a scheduling problem in a two-machine flowshop of two batch processing machines. On each batch processing machine, jobs are processed in a batch, and each batch is allowed to contain jobs up to the maximum capacity of the associated machine. The scheduling problem is analyzed with respect to three due date related objectives including maximum tardiness, number of tardy jobs and total tardiness. In the analysis, several solution properties are characterized and based upon these properties, three efficient polynomial time algorithms are developed for minimizing the due date related measures.