Author： Guh Ruey-Shiang
Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN： 0020-7543
Source： International Journal of Production Research, Vol.49, Iss.10, 2011-05, pp. : 2977-2997
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Abstract
Earlier studies indicated that using multiple dispatching rules (MDRs) for the various zones in the system can enhance the production performance to a greater extent than using a single dispatching rule (SDR) over a given scheduling interval for all the machines in the system, since MDRs employ the multi-pass simulation approach for real-time scheduling (RTS). However, if a classical machine learning approach is used, an RTS knowledge base (KB) can be developed by using the appropriate MDRs strategy (this method is called an intelligent multi-controller in this paper) as obtained from training examples. The main disadvantage of using MDRs is that the classes (scheduling decision variables) to which training examples are assigned must be provided. Hence, developing an RTS KB using the intelligent multi-controller approach becomes an intolerably time-consuming task because MDRs for the next scheduling period must be determined. To address this issue, we proposed an intelligent multi-controller incorporating three main mechanisms: (1) simulation-based training example generation mechanism, (2) data pre-processing mechanism and (3) SOM-based real time MDRs selection mechanism. Under various performance criteria over a long period, the proposed approach yields better system performance than the machine learning-based RTS using the SDR approach and heuristic individual dispatching rules.
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