MASDScheGATS: a prototype system for dynamic scheduling

Madureira, Ana Maria; Santos, Joaquim; Pereira, Ivo

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Madureira, Ana Maria

Santos, Joaquim

Pereira, Ivo

Abstract(s)

A manufacturing system has a natural dynamic nature observed through several kinds of random occurrences and perturbations on working conditions and requirements over time. For this kind of environment it is important the ability to efficient and effectively adapt, on a continuous basis, existing schedules according to the referred disturbances, keeping performance levels. The application of Meta-Heuristics and Multi-Agent Systems to the resolution of this class of real world scheduling problems seems really promising. This paper presents a prototype for MASDScheGATS (Multi-Agent System for Distributed Manufacturing Scheduling with Genetic Algorithms and Tabu Search).