Tardiness heuristic for scheduling Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Abstract

This paper evaluates the tardiness performance of a sampling-based adaptive heuristic in a dynamic manufacturing environment. A test bed, following a real world manufacturing system, has been developed. The proposed algorithm has been implemented in this simulated environment. After fine tuning the algorithm, it has been tested in various shop conditions. The results of these simulation studies are summarized.

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ALI S. KIRAN is Professor and Chairman of the Industrial Engineering Department at Dai-Yeh Institute of Technology, and is President of Kiran & Associates, representing ProModelPC and other CIM integration tools. Prior to his current appointments, Dr Kiran held academic appointments at the University of Southern California, Texas Technical University, St. Mary's University of San Antonio and Istanbul Technical University. He received his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering and his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. Dr Kiran's research and consulting activities include production planning and control, and scheduling and simulation of manufacturing systems. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences in industrial engineering, manufacturing systems, operations research and simulation.

SEMA ALPTEKIN is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and academic director of the computer integrated manufacturing laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla. She holds a BS and a MS in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. Her current research interests are in the area of computer integrated manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing systems and production scheduling. She was the recipient of the 1988 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award given by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. She is a member of HE, ORSA, SME and ASEE.

A. Celal Kaplan is a PhD Candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department of the University of Southern California. His research interests are in the areas of scheduling for manufacturing systems and simulation. He holds a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from the Middle East Technical University. He is a member of HE and ORSA.