A heuristic search approach using approximate solutions to petri net state equations for scheduling flexible manufacturing systems

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Der Jeng, Mu ^a   Chen, Shih Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heuristic search; Makespan; Near optimal schedules; Timed Petri nets

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PETRI NETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STATE SPACE METHODS;

HEURISTIC SEARCH METHODS; MAKESPAN; NEAR-OPTIMAL SCHEDULES; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TIMED PETRI NETS; PETRI NET STATE EQUATIONS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032044470     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008097430956     Document Type: Article

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