面向绿色智能制造的高维多目标动态作业车间调度优化

在当前环境问题日益严峻情况下,绿色智能制造受到广泛关注。在动态柔性作业车间基础上考虑不同机器状态下的能耗情况、机器使用节能方法,构建以极小化总能耗、最大完工时间、机器总负荷和产品质量稳定性为目标的高维多目标绿色动态柔性作业车间调度模型,并设计改进的灰狼优化IMOGWO算法求解该问题。首先,采用反向学习初始化种群策略,以扩大种群多样性;然后,依据多目标问题和标准GWO算法的特点提出多级官员领导机制,并引入POX交叉和逆序变异算子;最后,改进精英保留策略用于多目标优化算法。为证明算法的有效性,设计两组仿真实验分别对三种算法进行比较。实验结果表明,运用本文改进的IMOGWO算法求解多目标问题有更好的收敛性和分布性。     

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。     

考虑模糊交货期的柔性作业车间动态调度研究

针对柔性作业车间调度在机器故障扰动情况下的动态性,采用基于事件与周期混合驱动的滚动窗口再调度策略进行动态调度.对于工件交货期模糊的情况采用梯形交货期窗口表示,并运用字典序多目标规划的方法,以平均流经时间最小、能耗最小、客户满意度最大为目标,建立多目标柔性作业车间动态调度模型,并设计了改进的自适应免疫遗传算法,在对种群进行初始化时,将初始化机器、初始化工序及随机初始化结合在一起,并对模型进行求解.将算例仿真结果与遗传算法所得的结果进行对比,验证算法的有效性.     

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.     

基于遗传算法的工艺路径柔性调度算法

针对具有工艺路径柔性的车间调度问题,提出基于OR子图和子路径的工艺路径柔性描述方法,该描述方法形式简单且允许OR子图多层嵌套。以此为基础,设计了基于遗传算法的工艺路径柔性调度算法,并采用以工艺路径编码、机器编码和工件调度编码为基础的三维染色体编码策略,其中,工艺路径编码和机器编码分别通过最大子路径数量和最大机器数量随机产生,其优势在于任意染色体均表示可行解,并可以使用简单的交叉算子和变异算子实现遗传操作且其后代亦为可行解。最后通过实验证明了算法的优化能力。     

双机成比例无等待流水线重调度干扰管理研究

针对由异速机构成的双机成比例无等待流水线的加工特点,研究了机器扰动工况下的生产重调度问题,提出了兼顾初始调度目标(最小化制造期)和扰动修复目标(最小化工件滞后时间和)的干扰管理方法。在最短加工时间优先(SPT)排序规则的最优解特性分析基础上,证明了右移初始加工时间表是事后干扰管理的最优调度方案,建立了基于SPT规则的事前干扰管理模型,设计了基于理想点趋近的多目标处理策略,提出了离散量子微粒群优化与局部搜索机制相结合的启发式模型求解算法。算例实验结果表明,本文提出的干扰管理模型和算法是有效的。     

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。     

考虑碳排放的多机可持续调度问题

考虑多机器生产环境下,研究在加工空档期允许关闭机器的可持续调度问题。同时对工件的指派、工件的开始加工时刻和机器在空档期是否开关机进行决策,以最小化碳排放为目标建立数学规划模型。设计了禁忌搜索混合算法求解模型,首先通过一个企业案例验证了模型和算法的有效性,然后通过仿真算例分析了算法的效率。计算结果表明,可持续调度方式在机器调度层面为企业减少了大量的碳排放。     

α-三Ⅰ约束问题的形式解

提出了α-三Ⅰ约束问题,并在逻辑系统L~*和Luk中给出了这些问题的形式解,建立了这两个逻辑系统中三Ⅰ约束算法的形式推理机制,为α-三Ⅰ约束算法建立了严格的理论基础。     

Sequencing and scheduling for filling lines in dairy production

We consider an integrated sequencing and scheduling problem arising at filling lines in dairy industry. Even when a processing sequence is decided, still a scheduling problem has to be solved for the sequence. This incorporates typical side constraints as they occur also in other sequencing problems in practice. Previously, we proposed a framework for general sequencing and scheduling problems: A genetic algorithm is utilized for the sequencing, incorporating a problem specific algorithm for the fixed-sequence scheduling. In this paper, we investigate how this approach performs for filling lines. Based on insights into structural properties of the problem, we propose different scheduling algorithms. In cooperation with Sachsenmilch GmbH, the algorithm was implemented for their bottleneck filling line, and evaluated in an extensive computational study. For the real data from production, our algorithm computes almost optimal solutions. However, as a surprising result, our simple greedy algorithms outperform the more elaborate ones in many aspects, showing interesting directions for future research.     

An new initialization method for fuzzy c-means algorithm

In this paper an initialization method for fuzzy c-means (FCM) algorithm is proposed in order to solve the two problems of clustering performance affected by initial cluster centers and lower computation speed for FCM. Grid and density are needed to extract approximate clustering center from sample space. Then, an initialization method for fuzzy c-means algorithm is proposed by using amount of approximate clustering centers to initialize classification number, and using approximate clustering centers to initialize initial clustering centers. Experiment shows that this method can improve clustering result and shorten clustering time validly.     

Exploiting process plan flexibility in production scheduling: A multi-objective approach

When solving a product/process design problem, we must exploit the available degrees of freedom to cope with a variety of issues. Alternative process plans can be generated for a given product, and choosing one of them has implications on manufacturing functions downstream, including planning/scheduling. Flexible process plans can be exploited in real time to react to machine failures, but they are also relevant for off-line scheduling. On the one hand, we should select a process plan in order to avoid creating bottleneck machines, which would deteriorate the schedule quality; on the other one we should aim at minimizing costs. Assessing the tradeoff between these possibly conflicting objectives is difficult; actually, it is a multi-objective problem, for which available scheduling packages offer little support. Since coping with a multi-objective scheduling problem with flexible process plans by an exact optimization algorithm is out of the question, we propose a hierarchical approach, based on a decomposition into a machine loading and a scheduling sub-problem. The aim of machine loading is to generate a set of efficient (non-dominated) solutions with respect to the load balancing and cost objectives, leaving to the user the task of selecting a compromise solution. Solving the machine loading sub-problem essentially amounts to selecting a process plan for each job and to routing jobs to the machines; then a schedule must be determined. In this paper we deal only with the machine loading sub-problem, as many scheduling methods are already available for the problem with fixed process plans. The machine loading problem is formulated as a bicriterion integer programming model, and two different heuristics are proposed, one based on surrogate duality theory and one based on a genetic descent algorithm. The heuristics are tested on a set of benchmark problems.     

A genetic algorithm for multi-mode resource constrained project scheduling problem

This article considers a general class of nonpreemptive multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problems in which activity durations depend on committed renewable resources (multi-mode time resource tradeoff). We propose a genetic algorithm for these problems and compare it with a stochastic scheduling method proposed by Drexl and Gruenewald. Computational results show that the proposed genetic algorithm is superior to the stochastic scheduling method.     

Genetic algorithm-based subproblem solution procedures for a modified shifting bottleneck heuristic for complex job shops

In this paper, we consider a modified shifting bottleneck heuristic for complex job shops. The considered job shop environment contains parallel batching machines, machines with sequence-dependent setup times and reentrant process flows. Semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (Wafer Fabs) are typical examples for manufacturing systems with these characteristics. Our primary performance measure is total weighted tardiness (TWT). The shifting bottleneck heuristic uses a disjunctive graph to decompose the overall scheduling into scheduling problems for single tool groups. The scheduling algorithms for these scheduling problems are called subproblem solution procedures (SSPs). In previous research, only subproblem solution procedures based on dispatching rules have been considered. In this paper, we are interested in how much we can gain in terms of TWT if we apply more sophisticated subproblem solution procedures like genetic algorithms for parallel machine scheduling. We conduct simulation experiments in a dynamic job shop environment in order to assess the performance of the suggested subproblem solution procedures. It turns out that using near to optimal subproblem solution procedures leads in many situations to improved results compared to dispatching-based subproblem solution procedures.     

Job shop scheduling with beam search

Beam Search is a heuristic method for solving optimization problems. It is an adaptation of the branch and bound method in which only some nodes are evaluated in the search tree. At any level, only the promising nodes are kept for further branching and remaining nodes are pruned off permanently. In this paper, we develop a beam search based scheduling algorithm for the job shop problem. Both the makespan and mean tardiness are used as the performance measures. The proposed algorithm is also compared with other well known search methods and dispatching rules for a wide variety of problems. The results indicate that the beam search technique is a very competitive and promising tool which deserves further research in the scheduling literature.     

A memetic algorithm for job shop scheduling using a critical-path-based local search heuristic

In this article, a new memetic algorithm has been proposed to solve job shop scheduling problems (JSSPs). The proposed method is a genetic-algorithm-based approach combined with a local search heuristic. The proposed local search heuristic is based on critical operations. It removes the critical operations and reassigns them to a new position to improve the fitness value of the schedule. Moreover, in this article, a new fitness function is introduced for JSSPs. The new fitness function called priority-based fitness function is defined in three priority levels to improve the selection procedure. To show the generality of our proposed method, we apply it to three different types of job scheduling problems including classical, flexible and multi-objective flexible JSSPs. The experiment results show the efficiency of the proposed fitness function. In addition, the results show that incorporating local search not only offers better solutions but also improves the convergence rate. Compared to the state-of-the-art algorithms, the proposed method outperforms the existing methods in classical JSSPs and offers competitive solutions in other types of scheduling problems.     

Routing and scheduling in a flexible job shop by tabu search

A hierarchical algorithm for the flexible job shop scheduling problem is described, based on the tabu search metaheuristic. Hierarchical strategies have been proposed in the literature for complex scheduling problems, and the tabu search metaheuristic, being able to cope with different memory levels, provides a natural background for the development of a hierarchical algorithm. For the case considered, a two level approach has been devised, based on the decomposition in a routing and a job shop scheduling subproblem, which is obtained by assigning each operation of each job to one among the equivalent machines. Both problems are tackled by tabu search. Coordination issues between the two hierarchical levels are considered. Unlike other hierarchical schemes, which are based on a one-way information flow, the one proposed here is based on a two-way information flow. This characteristic, together with the flexibility of local search strategies like tabu search, allows to adapt the same basic algorithm to different objective functions. Preliminary computational experience is reported.     

A hybrid shifting bottleneck procedure algorithm for the parallel-machine job-shop scheduling problem

In practice, parallel-machine job-shop scheduling (PMJSS) is very useful in the development of standard modelling approaches and generic solution techniques for many real-world scheduling problems. In this paper, based on the analysis of structural properties in an extended disjunctive graph model, a hybrid shifting bottleneck procedure (HSBP) algorithm combined with Tabu Search (TS) metaheuristic algorithm is developed to deal with the PMJSS problem. The original-version shifting bottleneck procedure (SBP) algorithm for the job-shop scheduling (JSS) has been significantly improved to solve the PMJSS problem with four novelties: (i) a topological-sequence algorithm is proposed to decompose the PMJSS problem in a set of single-machine scheduling (SMS) and/or parallel-machine scheduling subproblems; (ii) a modified Carlier algorithm based on the proposed lemmas and the proofs is developed to solve the SMS subproblem; (iii) the Jackson rule is extended to solve the PMS subproblem; (iv) a TS metaheuristic algorithm is embedded under the framework of SBP to optimise the JSS and PMJSS cases. The computational experiments show that the proposed HSBP is very efficient in solving the JSS and PMJSS problems.