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This paper describes a scheduling problem and solution strategy of a chemical production unit. The scheduling problem consists of recipes to be optimally produced on shared resources where specific constraints have to be met. The solution strategy emphasis executable schedule generation and iterates towards an (near) optimal schedule construction. Therefore a combined algorithm of constraint propagation/satisfaction principles and an iterative improvement paradigm is used. The results show clearly that the automation has several benefits. The human scheduler’s task is changed from schedule construction towards control of an automatic scheduler. The automatic scheduler handles more complex problems and produces substantial more effective schedules.
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Van Bael, P., Rijckaert, M. (1999). Scheduling of a Production Unit via Critical Block Neighborhood Structures. In: Imam, I., Kodratoff, Y., El-Dessouki, A., Ali, M. (eds) Multiple Approaches to Intelligent Systems. IEA/AIE 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1611. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48765-4_83
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