Single Machine Batch Scheduling Problem with Resource Dependent Setup and Processing Time in the Presence of Fuzzy Due Date

We consider a batch scheduling problem on a single machine which processes jobs with resource dependent setup and processing time in the presence of fuzzy due-dates given as follows:1. There are n independent non-preemptive and simultaneously available jobs processed on a single machine in batches. Each job j has a processing time and a due-date.2. All jobs in a batch are completed together upon the completion of the last job in the batch. The batch processing time is equal to the sum of the processing times of its jobs. A common machine setup time is required before the processing of each batch.3. Both the job processing times and the setup time can be compressed through allocation of a continuously divisible resource. Each job uses the same amount of the resource. Each setup also uses the same amount of the resource.4. The due-date of each job is flexible. That is, a membership function describing non-decreasing satisfaction degree about completion time of each job is defined.5. Under above setting, we find an optimal batch sequence and resource values such that the total weighted resource consumption is minimized subject to meeting the job due-dates, and minimal satisfaction degree about each due-date of each job is maximized. But usually we cannot optimize two objectives at a time. So we seek non-dominated pairs i.e. the batch sequence and resource value, after defining dominance between solutions.A polynomial algorithm is constructed based on linear programming formulations of the corresponding problems.     

Queueing Dynamics and Maximal Throughput Scheduling in Switched Processing Systems

We study a processing system comprised of parallel queues, whose individual service rates are specified by a global service mode (configuration). The issue is how to switch the system between various possible service modes, so as to maximize its throughput and maintain stability under the most workload-intensive input traffic traces (arrival processes). Stability preserves the job inflow–outflow balance at each queue on the traffic traces. Two key families of service policies are shown to maximize throughput, under the mild condition that traffic traces have long-term average workload rates. In the first family of cone policies, the service mode is chosen based on the system backlog state belonging to a corresponding cone. Two distinct policy classes of that nature are investigated, MaxProduct and FastEmpty. In the second family of batch policies (BatchAdapt), jobs are collectively scheduled over adaptively chosen horizons, according to an asymptotically optimal, robust schedule. The issues of nonpreemptive job processing and non-negligible switching times between service modes are addressed. The analysis is extended to cover feed-forward networks of such processing systems/nodes. The approach taken unifies and generalizes prior studies, by developing a general trace-based modeling framework (sample-path approach) for addressing the queueing stability problem. It treats the queueing structure as a deterministic dynamical system and analyzes directly its evolution trajectories. It does not require any probabilistic superstructure, which is typically used in previous approaches. Probability can be superposed later to address finer performance questions (e.g., delay). The throughput maximization problem is seen to be primarily of structural nature. The developed methodology appears to have broader applicability to other queueing systems.     

Single Supplier Scheduling for Multiple Deliveries

The problem of scheduling the production and delivery of a supplier to feed the production of F manufacturers is studied. The orders fulfilled by the supplier are delivered to the manufacturers in batches of the same size. The supplier's production line has to be set up whenever it switches from processing an order of one manufacturer to an order of another manufacturer. The objective is to minimize the total setup cost, subject to maintaining continuous production for all manufacturers. The problem is proved to be NP-hard. It is reduced to a single machine scheduling problem with deadlines and jobs belonging to F part types. An O(NlogF) algorithm, where N is the number of delivery batches, is presented to find a feasible schedule. A dynamic programming algorithm with O(N ^F /F ^F–2) running time is presented to find an optimal schedule. If F=2 and setup costs are unit, an O(N) time algorithm is derived.     

带有分批费用的容量有界的单机平行分批排序问题

考虑的问题是在添加工资费用或包装费用等附加的分批费用下,如何使单机平行分批中总完工时间和分批费用之和达到最小.首先我们假定工件和批处理机都在零时刻到达,工件被成批地进行加工,一旦开始加工就不允许中断,每批的加工时间等于该批中最大的加工时间,而且假设每分一批都产生一个分批费用.然后对具有m个不同的加工时间,批容量有界且为固定值b的情形下目标函数为∑C_j与分批费用之和这一排序问题,利用动态规划的方法给出了多项式时间算法,时间界为O(b²m2m²222^m).     

Travel time estimation and order batching in a 2-block warehouse

Order batching problem (OBP) is the problem of determining the number of orders to be picked together in one picking tour. Although various objectives may arise in practice, minimizing the average throughput time of a random order is a common concern. In this paper, we consider the OBP for a 2-block rectangular warehouse with the assumptions that orders arrive according to a Poisson process and the method used for routing the order-pickers is the well-known S-shape heuristic. We first elaborate on the first and second moment of the order-picker’s travel time. Then we use these moments to estimate the average throughput time of a random order. This enables us to estimate the optimal picking batch size. Results from simulation show that the method provides a high accuracy level. Furthermore, the method is rather simple and can be easily applied in practice.     

考虑完全拆分的拣选分批与拣选路径集成优化模型

在电商海量订单背景下,在线订单拣选作业难度加大,因此设计了基于订单完全拆分的拣选分批与拣选路径综合优化模型解决此问题.模型共分两阶段.第一阶段,基于种子算法,设计考虑订单完成度、等待时间与拣选路径的拣选分批模型;第二阶段以拣选单流为单队列,设计多拣选员并行服务的拣选系统.行走策略为基于返回型和遍历型的综合策略,拣选路径优化模型采用模拟退火算法求解.算例分析表明,与传统的不拆分拣选分批模型相比,构建的综合优化模型能够显著提高拣选系统效率.拣选员为4人时,模型能够使总服务时间减少58.79%,订单完成率提高10.09%.     

对流扩散方程在成品油顺序输送混油分析中的应用

本文研究了对流与扩散对成品油顺序输送混油过程的影响;推导了紊流条件下,描述混油过程的对流占优的扩散方程;将该方程分解为纯对流方程和纯扩散方程,分别应用特征线法和差分法求解,数值计算结果和实际操作经验相符,能很好地解释混油的形成和发展.     

成品油管道顺序输送二维模型优化求解

将一种简化的自适应网格应用于顺序输送二维混油模型的计算中,网格的疏密程度由速度和浓度梯度控制且用动网格取代传统的固定网格。混油模型中采用混掺长度理论计算速度场和扩散系数,并考虑了油品黏度变化对混油的影响。提高传统数值解法的精度,减少计算量,使之适应于长输管线顺序输送的混油数值计算。通过在计算机上的数值模拟实验,证明了该方法的有效性,分析了雷诺数、输送顺序对混油的影响并得到混油随输送距离的变化规律。     

极小化加权总完工时间的分批排序问题

本文讨论了分批排序中极小化加权总完工时间的两个问题.就所有工件的加工时间都相等这一特殊情况,分别给出两个算法,并证明了算法的最优性.     

工件有尺寸且分两批到达的单机分批排序

本文首次研究了工件有尺寸大小,有到达时间的分批排序问题,这里目标函数为工件的极大完工时间．就所有工件有两个到达时间的且工件加工时间与尺寸大小一致的排序给出算法,并证明了算法的性能比不超过33/14．