A holonic approach to dynamic manufacturing scheduling

Manufacturing scheduling is a complex combinatorial problem, particularly in distributed and dynamic environments. This paper presents a holonic approach to manufacturing scheduling, where the scheduling functions are distributed by several entities, combining their calculation power and local optim...

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Main Author: Francisco José de Oliveira Restivo (author)
Other Authors: Paulo Leitão (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/79767
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/79767
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Summary:Manufacturing scheduling is a complex combinatorial problem, particularly in distributed and dynamic environments. This paper presents a holonic approach to manufacturing scheduling, where the scheduling functions are distributed by several entities, combining their calculation power and local optimization capability. In this scheduling and control approach, the objective is to achieve fast and dynamic re-scheduling using a scheduling mechanism that evolves dynamically to combine centralized and distributed strategies, improving its responsiveness to emergence, instead of the complex and optimized scheduling algorithms found in traditional approaches.