具有CON/SLK交货期指派的一类单机排序问题

研究工件的实际加工时间既具有指数学习效应,又依赖所消耗资源的准时制排序问题.在模型中,探讨了共同交货期(CON)和松弛交货期(SLK)两种情形.管理者的目标是确定最优序、最优资源分配方案和最佳工期(共同交货期或松弛交货期)以便极小化工件的总延误、总提前、总工期和资源消耗费用的总和.对于工件的实际加工时间是资源消耗量的线性函数的排序问题,通过将其转化为指派模型,给出了时间复杂性为O(n~3)的算法,从而证明该类排序问题是多项式时间可求解的.针对工件的实际加工时间是资源消耗量的凸函数的排序问题,也给出了多项式算法.     

单机最优交货期决策及工件排序

本文考虑n个独立工件在一台机器上加工的排序问题,每个工件J_i的交货期设置为d_i=kP_i~α(α≥1),目标是寻找工件最优加工时间乘子及工件最优排序S(?),使工件完工时间与交货期的最大偏差最小。给出寻找最优加工时间乘子k(?)及工件最优排序S(?)的方法。     

具有资源约束的工期指派排序问题

研究在资源有限情况下,工件加工具有学习效应和凸资源依赖的单机排序问题,其中工件的实际加工时间与正常的加工时间,工件所排位置,学习因子及资源分配量都有关,为资源消耗量的一个凸函数.在模型中,讨论了两种情形::共同交货期(CON),共同松弛交货期(SLK).目标为确定工件的排序,资源分配和工件的工期,使得工件的提前、延误、工期费用的总和最小.在分配资源量有限情况下,证明了这两个问题都是多项式时间可解的,并给出了相应的算法.     

带调整时间的一类排序问题

进一步讨论带磨损因子的排序问题,在相应问题中对工件j,j=1,2,…,n,引入了调整时间sj,它同磨损因子bj一样同该工件何时加工无关.要求适当排列这n个工件的加工顺序,使目标函数值达最小.给出了加工全程、完工时间之和及JIT问题在引入调整时间下的最优算法.     

一个非常规目标函数的单机随机调度的最优策略

本文考虑了n个工件在同一台机器上加工的调度问题 ,其中工件的加工时间和交货期都是具有任意分布的随机变量 .我们考虑了一个非常规目标函数 ,其中工件的权数与平均加工时间成比例 .在工件的交货期与加工时间满足相容条件下 ,得到了个简单的最优排序策略 .     

公共交货期窗口的提前／延期惩罚

本讨论n个独立工件在一台机器上加工,而且加工时间服从正态分布的公共交货期窗口的提前/延期惩罚问题,在确定公共交货期窗口情况下,推导出工件的最优排序具有V型特征。     

工件存在不同交货宽容期的最大加权超前延误问题

本文考虑下述排序问题：有n个工件需在同一台机器上加工,对各工件有一宽容交货期,若一工件在其宽容期前完工则受加权超前惩罚,若在其宽容期后完工则受加权延误惩罚,要求适当安排一加工方式使最大惩罚最小,文中相应某指定工件需准时完工的上述问题证得了Np-hard性,给出了最优算法,并作了一些讨论。     

具有优先约束的单机随机排序问题

讨论工件的加工时间为常数,机器发生随机故障的单机随机排序问题,目标函数极小化工件的加权完工时间和的数学期望最小.考虑两类优先约束模型.在第一类模型中,设工件间的约束为串并有向图.证明了模块M的ρ因子最大初始集合I中的工件优先于模块中的其它工件加工,并且被连续加工所得的排序为最优排序,从而将Lawler用来求解约束为串并有向图的单机加权总完工时间问题的方法推广到机器发生随机故障的情况.在第二类模型中,设工件间的约束为出树优先约束.证明了最大家庭树中的工件优先于家庭树中其它的工件加工,并且其工件连续加工所得到的排序为最优排序并给出了最优算法.     

工件加工时间随加工顺序变动的单机排序问题

本文讨论了一类工件加工时间随加工顺序而变的单机排序问题,在目标函数sum from i=1 to nC_i与Lmax下,Smith法则与Jackson法则仍然成立。从而推广了Smith与Jackson的结果。一般所考虑的单机排序问题是:有n个工件需要在一台机器上加工,而该机器只能一次加工一个工件,且工件j在该机器上所需的加工时间为P_i,这里P_j为一常量,即与工件早加工或晚加工无关。现在需要确定工件加工的一个顺序,使得在不同的目标下最优。     

具有恶化效应和凸资源分配关系的单机排序问题

研究工件加工时间具有恶化效应和凸资源关系的单机排序问题,其中工件的实际加工时间是其正常的加工时间,工件开工时间(具有恶化效应)及消耗资源量的函数。目标为在最大完工时间(总完工时间、总等待时间、完工时间总绝对差与等待时间总绝对差)小于或等于给定常数的条件下找到工件的最优排序和最优的资源分配使工件的总资源消耗量最少。在单机状态下,证明了此问题是多项式时间可解的,并给出了求解该问题的算法和数值实例。     

Optimal online detection of parameter changes in two linear models

Shiryaev has obtained the optimal sequential rule for detecting the instant of a distributional change in an independent sequence using the theory of optimal stopping of Markov processes. This paper considers the problem of sequential detection of certain parameter changes in two dependent sequences: an autoregressive process, and a regression model with serially correlated error terms. It is shown that the rule that is optimal in the sense of minimizing the expected positive delay is the one which declares a change to have occured as soon as the posterior probability of a change crosses a threshold. This rule also permits control of the probability of a false-declaration of change, just as in the independent sequence case.     

Single machine common flow allowance scheduling with controllable processing times

In this paper, we consider single machine SLK due date assignment scheduling problem in which job processing times are controllable variables with linear costs. The objective is to determine the optimal sequence, the optimal common flow allowance and the optimal processing time compressions to minimize a total penalty function based on earliness, tardiness, common flow allowance and compressions. We solve the problem by formulating it as an assignment problem which is polynomially solvable. For some special cases, we present an O(n logn) algorithm to obtain the optimal solution respectively.     

Form Similarities of the CON and SLK Due Date Determination Methods

The optimal due date determination and sequencing problem of n jobs, on a single machine, with deterministic processing times is reviewed. An algorithm, using the SLK method, has been previously described by the authors, by means of which one optimal sequence as well as all the alternative optima are determined without resorting to the Complementary Pair and Exchange Principle concepts. In this paper, a similar algorithm using the CON method is proposed, the optimization criterion being the minimization of the total lateness penalty. It is shown that both algorithms lead to the same minimum value of the objective function. It is also shown that all the alternative optima of either method may be determined, if those optima derived from the other method are known.     

一致条件下具学习因子的几个单机排序问题

n个工件需在同台机器上依次加工，工件j,j=1，2，…，n所需的正常加工时间为pj,如在某序中工件j第r个加工，则机器对其实际加工的时间为pjr^α，其中α≤0为一学习因子．要求适当排列这n个工件的加工顺序，使某目标函数达最小．本文对加权完工时间之和，最大迟后，延误工件数这三个目标函数，给出了在相应的一致条件下，对应的WSPT规则，EDD规则，修正Moore-Hodgson算法可获最优序，并估计了在一般情况下由该三规则所获序的误差．     

Interactive model-based search with reactive resource allocation

We revisit the interactive model-based approach to global optimization proposed in Wang and Garcia (J Glob Optim 61(3):479–495, 2015) in which parallel threads independently execute a model-based search method and periodically interact through a simple acceptance-rejection rule aimed at preventing duplication of search efforts. In that paper it was assumed that each thread successfully identifies a locally optimal solution every time the acceptance-rejection rule is implemented. Under this stylized model of computational time, the rate of convergence to a globally optimal solution was shown to increase exponentially in the number of threads. In practice however, the computational time required to identify a locally optimal solution varies greatly. Therefore, when the acceptance-rejection rule is implemented, several threads may fail to identify a locally optimal solution. This situation calls for reallocation of computational resources in order to speed up the identification of local optima when one or more threads repeatedly fail to do so. In this paper we consider an implementation of the interactive model-based approach that accounts for real time, that is, it takes into account the possibility that several threads may fail to identify a locally optimal solution whenever the acceptance-rejection rule is implemented. We propose a modified acceptance-rejection rule that alternates between enforcing diverse search (in order to prevent duplication) and reallocation of computational effort (in order to speed up the identification of local optima). We show that the rate of convergence in real-time increases with the number of threads. This result formalizes the idea that in parallel computing, exploitation and exploration can be complementary provided relatively simple rules for interaction are implemented. We report the results from extensive numerical experiments which are illustrate the theoretical analysis of performance.     

Single machine common flow allowance scheduling with deteriorating jobs and a rate-modifying activity

We study a single machine slack due date assignment (usually referred to as SLK) scheduling problem with deteriorating jobs and a rate-modifying activity. The deterioration effect manifest such that the job processing time is a function of its starting time in a sequence. The rate-modifying activity is an activity that changes the processing rate of machine, i.e., the machine performs a rate-modifying activity. Hence the actual processing time of a job is a variable, which depends not only on its starting time in a sequence but also on whether it is scheduled before or after a rate-modifying activity. The goal is to schedule the rate-modifying activity, the optimal common flow allowance and the sequence of jobs to minimize the total earliness, the total tardiness and the common flow allowance cost. We show that the problem remains polynomially solvable under the proposed model.     

Single machine SLK/DIF due window assignment problem with learning effect and deteriorating jobs

We study a single-machine scheduling and due window assignment problem, in which job processing times are defined by functions of their starting times (deteriorating effect) and positions in the sequence (learning effect). The problem is to determine the optimal due windows and the processing sequence simultaneously to minimize costs for earliness, tardiness, the window location, window size and makespan. We show that the problem remains polynomially solvable under the proposed model for two popular due window assignment methods: The slack due date assignment method (usually referred to as SLK) and the unrestricted due date assignment method (usually referred to as DIF).     

Single-machine common flow allowance scheduling with job-dependent aging effects and a deteriorating maintenance activity

We consider a single machine due date assignment scheduling problem with job-dependent aging effects and a deteriorating maintenance activity, where due dates are assigned using the SLK due date determination method. We need to make a decision on when to schedule the deteriorating maintenance activity, the optimal common flow allowance and the sequence of jobs to minimize total earliness, tardiness and common flow allowance cost. We show that the problem remains polynomially solvable under the proposed model.     

Single-machine scheduling to minimize earliness and number of tardy jobs

This paper considers the problem of assigning a common due-date to a set of simultaneously available jobs and sequencing them on a single machine. The objective is to determine the optimal combination of the common due-date and job sequence that minimizes a cost function based on the assigned due-date, job earliness values, and number of tardy jobs. It is shown that the optimal due-date coincides with one of the job completion times. Conditions are derived to determine the optimal number of nontardy jobs. It is also shown that the optimal job sequence is one in which the nontardy jobs are arranged in nonincreasing order of processing times. An efficient algorithm of O(n logn) time complexity to find the optimal solution is presented and an illustrative example is provided. Finally, several extensions of the model are discussed.This research was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada under Grant OPG0036424. The authors are thankful to two anonymous referees for their constructive comments.