Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

3-2007

Abstract

In this paper, we study the multi-machine scheduling problem with earliness and tardiness penalties and sequence dependent setup times. This problem can be decomposed into two subproblems—sequencing and timetabling. Sequencing focuses on assigning each job to a fixed machine and determine the job sequence on each machine. We call such assignment a semi-schedule. Timetabling focuses on finding an executable schedule from the semi-schedule via idle-time insertion. Sequencing is strongly NP-hard in general. Although timetabling is polynomial-time solvable, it can become a computational bottleneck if the procedure is executed many times within a larger framework. This paper makes two contributions. We first propose a quantum improvement to the computational efficiency of the timetabling algorithm. We then apply it within a squeaky wheel optimization framework to solve the sequencing and overall problem. Finally, we demonstrate the strength of our proposed algorithms by experiments.

Keywords

Earliness-tardiness, Meta-heuristics, Scheduling, Squeaky wheel

Discipline

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Computer Sciences | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Publication

Annals of Operations Research

Volume

159

Issue

1

First Page

83

Last Page

95

ISSN

0254-5330

Identifier

10.1007/s10479-007-0284-z

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

http://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-007-0284-z

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