Application of system methodologies to scheduling

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1979-05

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Texas Tech University

Abstract

This research investigates the application of a set of new techniques (system methodologies) to dynamic job shop scheduling problems. These techniques are applied in combination with the heuristic procedures and primarily used to increase the effectiveness of heuristic procedures. The system methodologies considered relate the interactions in a dynamic job shop to the problem of coordination among the decision-making units (i.e., sales department, inventory department, etc.) of the production system. The application of the system methodologies may provide help to resolve the complexity in a dynamic job shop hy increasing the coordination among decisionmaking units that monitor different aspects of the shop. An increase in coordination among the decision-making units will also reduce the outside intrusions (i.e., expediting) to the scheduling activities. In testing the application of different system methodologies, the research also considers a new set of conditions in scheduling environment.

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Production scheduling, System theory, SIMSCRIPT (Computer program language), Digital computer simulation

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