Scheduling Jobs with Simple Precedence Constraints on Parallel Machines

被引:21
作者
Hoitomt, Debra J. [1 ]
Luh, Peter B. [2 ]
Max, Eric [1 ]
Pattipati, Krishna R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Pratt & Whitney, E Hartford, CT 06108 USA
[2] Univ Connecticut, Dept Elect & Syst Engn, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
来源
IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE | 1990年 / 10卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1109/37.45792
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This article presents a methodology for scheduling jobs on identical, parallel machines. Each job is comprised of a small number of operations that must be processed in a specified order. The objective is to minimize the total weighted quadratic tardiness of the schedule, subject to capacity and precedence constraints. The procedure presented here is an efficient near-optimal method based on the Lagrangian relaxation technique and the list-scheduling concept. In addition, the resulting job-interaction information can be used to provide quick answers to "what-if" questions and to reconfigure the schedule to incorporate new jobs and other dynamic changes. This scheduling methodology has been implemented for a work center at Pratt & Whitney as part of its knowledge-based scheduling system. Typical sizes of problems involve 35 to 40 machines and 100 to 200 jobs, each with 3 to 5 operations.
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页码:34 / 40
页数:7
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