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Title: Match-up strategies and fuzzy robust scheduling for a complex dynamic real world job shop scheduling problem
Author: Moratori, Patrick
Awarding Body: University of Nottingham
Current Institution: University of Nottingham
Date of Award: 2013
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Abstract:
This thesis investigate a complex real world job shop scheduling / rescheduling problem, in which the presence of uncertainties and the occurrence of disruptions are tackled to produce efficient and reliable solutions. New orders arrive every day in the shop floor and they have to be integrated in the existent schedule. Match-up algorithms are introduced to collect the idle time on machines and accommodate these newly arriving orders. Their aim is to obtain new schedules with good performance which are at the same time highly stable, meaning that they resemble as closely as possible the initial schedule. Subsequently, a novel approach that combines these algorithms with a fuzzy robust scheduling system is proposed. The goal is to associate an effective repairing mechanism with the production of initial robust schedules that are able to facilitate the accommodation of future disruptions. Statistical analyses reveal that match-up algorithms are effective repairing strategies for managing complex disruptions, in which high quality stable schedules are delivered. Moreover, their combination with fuzzy robust scheduling has a positive effect on responding to these disruptions leading to even more reliable solutions in a real world dynamic and uncertain shop floor.
Supervisor: Not available Sponsor: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Qualification Name: Thesis (Ph.D.) Qualification Level: Doctoral
EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.588324  DOI: Not available
Keywords: QA Mathematics ; HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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