具有两个不相容工件族单位工件的有界分批在线排序问题

研究具有两个不相容工件族单位工件单机有界平行分批的在线排序问题.工件按时在线到达,目标是最小化最大完工时间.在有界平行分批排序中,容量有限制机器最多可将b个工件形成一批同时加工,每个工件及每一批的加工时间为1.不相容工件族是指来自不同工件组的工件不能放在同一批加工.对该问题提供了一个竞争比为√17+3/4的最好可能的在线算法.     

A united search particle swarm optimization algorithm for multiobjective scheduling problem

The performance of a scheduling system, in practice, is not evaluated to satisfy a single objective, but to obtain a trade-off schedule regarding multiple objectives. Therefore, in this research, I make use of multiple objective decision-making method, a global criterion approach, to develop a multi-objective scheduling problem model with different due-dates on parallel machines processes, in which consider three performance measures, namely minimum run time of every machine, earlierness time (no tardiness) and process time of every job, simultaneously. According to this special multi-objective scheduling problem, the method of reverse order drawing GATT will be proposed, at the same time, bring forward a united search particle swarm optimization algorithm (USPSOA) solves this multi-objective scheduling problem. The validity and adaptability of the USPSOA is investigated through experimental results.     

具有前瞻区间的两个工件组单机在线排序问题

研究具有前瞻区间的两个不相容工件组单位工件单机无界平行分批在线排序问题.工件按时在线到达, 目标是最小化最大完工时间. 在无界平行分批排序中, 一台容量无限制机器可将多个工件形成一批同时加工, 每一批的加工时间等于该批中最长工件的加工时间. 具有前瞻区间是指在时刻t, 在线算法能预见到时间区间(t,t+\beta]内到达的所有工件的信息.不可相容的工件组是指属于不同组的工件不能安排在同一批中加工.对该问题提供了一个竞争比为\ 1+\alpha 的最好可能的在线算法,其中\ \alpha 是方程2\alpha^{2}+(\beta +1)\alpha +\beta -2=0的一个正根, 这里0\leq \beta <1.     

工件按加工长度不增序到达的最小化最大流程在线分批排序

研究单处理机工件按加工长度不增顺序到达的在线分批排序问题．工件按时在线到达,目标是最小化最大流程．流程时间是指工件的完工时间与到达时间的差值,它体现了工件在系统内的逗留时间．对于批容量有界的情形,给出了一个竞争比为1＋√5/2的最好可能的在线算法;对于批容量无界的情形,给出了一个竞争比为√2的最好可能的在线算法．     

Parallel machines scheduling to minimize job tardiness and machine deteriorating cost with deteriorating jobs

This paper studies the parallel machines bi-criteria scheduling problem (PMBSP) in a deteriorating system. Sequencing and scheduling problems (SSP) have seldom considered the two phenomena concurrently. This paper discusses the parallel machines scheduling problem with the effects of machine and job deterioration. By the machine deterioration effect, we mean that each machine deteriorates at a different rate. This deterioration is considered in terms of cost which depends on the production rate, the machine’s operating characteristics and the kind of work done by each machine. Moreover, job processing times are increasing functions of their starting times and follow a simple linear deterioration. The objective functions are minimizing total tardiness and machine deteriorating cost. The problem of total tardiness on identical parallel machines is NP-hard, thus the problem with machine deteriorating cost as an additional term is also NP-hard. We propose the LP-metric method to show the importance of our proposed multi-objective problem. A metaheuristic algorithm is developed to locate optimal or near optimal solutions based on a Tabu search mechanism. Numerical examples are presented to show the efficiency of this model.     

Polynomial Time Approximation Scheme for Two Parallel Machines Scheduling with a Common Due Date to Maximize Early Work

We study the scheduling problem with a common due date on two parallel identical machines and the total early work criterion. The problem is known to be NP-hard. We prove a few dominance properties of optimal solutions of this problem. Their proposal was inspired by the results of some auxiliary computational experiments. Test were performed with the dynamic programming algorithm and list algorithms. Then, we propose the polynomial time approximation scheme, based on structuring problem input. Moreover, we discuss the relationship between the early work criterion and the related late work criterion. We compare the computational complexity and approximability of scheduling problems with both mentioned objective functions.     

在线可中断二台机器流水作业问题

本文研究了可中断的二台机器流水作业排序问题,目标函数为最小化最大完工时间,工件实时到达,工件信息在工件到达之前不可知。我们给出了该在线问题的下界,并对问题中只有两个到达时间的特殊情况给出了3/2竞争的在线算法。     

Machine scheduling with resource dependent processing times

We consider machine scheduling on unrelated parallel machines with the objective to minimize the schedule makespan. We assume that, in addition to its machine dependence, the processing time of any job is dependent on the usage of a discrete renewable resource, e.g. workers. A given amount of that resource can be distributed over the jobs in process at any time, and the more of that resource is allocated to a job, the smaller is its processing time. This model generalizes the classical unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem by adding a time-resource tradeoff. It is also a natural variant of a generalized assignment problem studied previously by Shmoys and Tardos. On the basis of an integer linear programming formulation for a relaxation of the problem, we use LP rounding techniques to allocate resources to jobs, and to assign jobs to machines. Combined with Graham’s list scheduling, we show how to derive a 4-approximation algorithm. We also show how to tune our approach to yield a 3.75-approximation algorithm. This is achieved by applying the same rounding technique to a slightly modified linear programming relaxation, and by using a more sophisticated scheduling algorithm that is inspired by the harmonic algorithm for bin packing. We finally derive inapproximability results for two special cases, and discuss tightness of the integer linear programming relaxations.     

A scheduling problem with job values given as a power function of their completion times

This paper deals with a problem of scheduling jobs on the identical parallel machines, where job values are given as a power function of the job completion times. Minimization of the total loss of job values is considered as a criterion. We establish the computational complexity of the problem – strong NP-hardness of its general version and NP-hardness of its single machine case. Moreover, we solve some special cases of the problem in polynomial time. Finally, we construct and experimentally test branch and bound algorithm (along with some elimination properties improving its efficiency) and several heuristic algorithms for the general case of the problem.     

An approximation algorithm for parallel machine scheduling with a common server

In this paper we study the scheduling of a given set of jobs on several identical parallel machines tended by a common server. Each job must be processed on one of the machines. Prior to processing, the server has to set up the relevant machine. The objective is to schedule the jobs so as to minimize the total weighted job completion times. We provide an approximation algorithm to tackle this intractable problem and analyze the worst-case performance of the algorithm for the general, as well as a special, case of the problem.     

Controlling a Production Scheduling System

When using an automatic production scheduling system management require the system to respond to different overall policies, such as clear all arrears or minimize average lateness weighted by job importance. In many commercial scheduling packages there is no quantitative explanation of how to achieve this response. A successfully implemented scheduling system is introduced here where each policy or objective is obtained by selecting the appropriate criterion on which to sort the jobs. An analytical relationship between the policy and the sorting criterion is established. A new type of lateness penalty is developed heuristically, which is basically an exponential function. The sorting criterion to minimise this lateness penalty turns out to be simply sorting by least slack.     

Minimizing total tardiness in an unrelated parallel-machine scheduling problem

We consider a problem of scheduling n independent jobs on m unrelated parallel machines with the objective of minimizing total tardiness. Processing times of a job on different machines may be different on unrelated parallel-machine scheduling problems. We develop several dominance properties and lower bounds for the problem, and suggest a branch and bound algorithm using them. Results of computational experiments show that the suggested algorithm gives optimal solutions for problems with up to five machines and 20 jobs in a reasonable amount of CPU time.     

Preemptive scheduling of equal length jobs with release dates on two uniform parallel machines

We consider a problem of scheduling n jobs on two uniform parallel machines. For each job we are given its release date when the job becomes available for processing. All jobs have equal processing requirements. Preemptions are allowed. The objective is to find a schedule minimizing total completion time. We suggest an O(n³) algorithm to solve this problem.     

Single-machine scheduling of proportionally deteriorating jobs by two agents

We consider a problem of scheduling a set of independent jobs by two agents on a single machine. Every agent has its own subset of jobs to be scheduled and uses its own optimality criterion. The processing time of each job proportionally deteriorates with respect to the starting time of the job. The problem is to find a schedule that minimizes the total tardiness of the first agent, provided that no tardy job is allowed for the second agent. We prove basic properties of the problem and give a lower bound on the optimal value of the total tardiness criterion. On the basis of these results, we propose a branch-and-bound algorithm and an evolutionary algorithm for the problem. Computational experiments show that the exact algorithm solves instances up to 50 jobs in a reasonably short time and that solutions obtained by the metaheuristic are close to optimal ones.     

关于带运输的单机调度在线问题的研究

本文研究了带运输机的单机在线调度问题。问题假设工件实时在线到达,系统中有一台运输机,该运输机每次最多运输$k$个工件,每个工件需要先在单机上完成加工,然后再被运输机运往目的地,问题的优化目标为最小化完工时间,即所有工件被加工完并且运往目的地的时间最短。针对该问题,作者研究了工件满足一致性条件的模型,并且基于贪心思想给出了竞争比为$\frac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2}$的在线算法,并且证明该算法是最优在线算法。     

关于带运输的单机调度在线问题的研究

本文研究了带运输机的单机在线调度问题。问题假设工件实时在线到达,系统中有一台运输机,该运输机每次最多运输$k$个工件,每个工件需要先在单机上完成加工,然后再被运输机运往目的地,问题的优化目标为最小化完工时间,即所有工件被加工完并且运往目的地的时间最短。针对该问题,作者研究了工件满足一致性条件的模型,并且基于贪心思想给出了竞争比为$\frac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2}$的在线算法,并且证明该算法是最优在线算法。     

Meta-heuristic algorithms for wafer sorting scheduling problems

Wafer sorting is usually regarded as the most critical stage in the whole wafer probing process. This paper discusses the wafer sorting scheduling problem (WSSP) with total setup time minimization as the primary criterion and the minimization of the number of machines used as the secondary criterion. Although the need to consider multiple criteria in real-world WSSPs is widely recognized, the present study is the first attempt to investigate this argument with setups consideration. In view of the strongly NP-hard nature of this problem, three meta-heuristic algorithms—an ant colony system algorithm, a Genetic algorithm, and a Tabu search algorithm are proposed. The proposed meta-heuristics are empirically evaluated by 480 simulation instances based on the characteristics of a real wafer testing shop-floor and found to be very effective in terms of finding good quality solutions.     

蔬果类商品网上直销包装作业工序优化模型研究

针对蔬果类商品网上直销模式下,其标准销售单元包装作业问题规模大、商品品类多、订单个性化强、生产配送周期多等特点,基于批量流水作业生产、JIT准时制生产及周期调度的思想,研究该类商品标准销售单元包装作业的生产调度问题,建立蔬果类商品网上直销包装作业优化模型,并设计改进的“模拟增压——退火算法”对其进行求解,以便制定出合理的包装作业计划,有效衔接采摘和订单分拣作业以及后续装车作业,缩短包装时间,保证蔬菜的新鲜性。最后,通过应用实例验证模型和算法的有效性,结果表明,本文周期调度方法得到的调度方案比一般的非周期调度方法大大节约了包装作业成本,为蔬果类商品网上直销企业生成包装作业计划提供了理论指导。     

带两个服务等级的三台机最优在线算法

研究了带服务等级约束的三台平行机在线排序问题.每台机器和每个工件的服务等级为1或者2,工件只能在等级不高于它的机器上加工,即等级为1的工件只能在等级为1的机器上加工,等级为2的工件可在所有机器上加工.每个工件的加工时间为一个单位,目标是极小化所有工件的总完工时间.考虑两种情形:当一台机器等级为1,两台机器等级为2时,给出了竞争比为17/14的最优在线算法;当两台机器等级为1,一台机器等级为2时,给出了竞争比为43/36的最优在线算法.     

Scheduling with controllable release dates and processing times: Total completion time minimization

The single machine scheduling problem with two types of controllable parameters, job processing times and release dates, is studied. It is assumed that the cost of compressing processing times and release dates from their initial values is a linear function of the compression amounts. The objective is to minimize the sum of the total completion time of the jobs and the total compression cost. For the problem with equal release date compression costs we construct a reduction to the assignment problem. We demonstrate that if in addition the jobs have equal processing time compression costs, then it can be solved in O(n²) time. The solution algorithm can be considered as a generalization of the algorithm that minimizes the makespan and total compression cost. The generalized version of the algorithm is also applicable to the problem with parallel machines and to a range of due-date scheduling problems with controllable processing times.