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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Scheduling system"”.
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SIMEX: A simulation-based expert production scheduling system.
A good methodology for production scheduling can result in high efficiency in reducing manufacturing costs. SIMEX is an experimental simulation-based expert production scheduler developed by the author for applications in flexible flow shop systems in a dynamic factory environment. This study …
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A Configurable Job Submission and Scheduling System for the Grid
… memory and cpu requirements, choice of operating system, fine grained file access permissions etc. Currently such requirements are being fulfilled by resource brokers, which act as mediating agents between users and resource owners. In this thesis we approach the resource brokering architectural …
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A Robust Reactive Scheduling System with Application to Parallel Machine Scheduling
<p>In this turbulent world, scheduling role has become crucial in most manufacturing production, and service systems. It allows the allocation of limited resources to activities with the objective of optimizing one performance measure or more. Resources may be machines in a factory, operating rooms …
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A space-constrained resource-constrained scheduling system for multi-story buildings
Current planning and scheduling techniques ignore the requirements of activities for work area or space. Any task or activity requires a specific work space for its execution. This demand is based on the space requirements of each resource allocated to the activity. When such required demand …
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A Workload-aware Resource Management and Scheduling System for Big Data Analysis
… realize workload-aware resource management and scheduling. We demonstrate our techniques for efficient resource management across memory resource for in-memory data analytic platforms, processing resources for compute-intensive machine learning applications, and finally we design and develop a …
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Development and implementation of a volume-based scheduling system for highly repetitive production
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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The development and business model of an idiocentric portable scheduling system built on a Web services architecture
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.
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A Multi-Agent System and Auction Mechanism for Production Planning over Multiple Facilities in an Advanced Planning and Scheduling System
… product problems. We believe that multi-agent systems, given their distributed problem solving approach can be used to solve this problem, in its entirety, more effectively. According to other researchers who have worked in this field, auction theoretic mechanisms are a good way to solve …
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: Reshape Elementary School Scheduling Practices with an Implementation of a Parallel Block Scheduling System as a Means to Effectively and Efficiently Reach School Goals
… needs of their students. A school-wide revised scheduling system was developed and implemented in an effort to help teachers to work smarter and not harder. The implementation of a Parallel Block Scheduling System provided adequate instructional time for the core subjects, intervention, …
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A comparison of the leadership styles of administrators in charge of scheduling in Missouri's secondary schools
… from this study regarding both leadership and scheduling systems in Missouri's high schools. Comparisons were made regarding various leaders' willingness to change or not change their school's scheduling system to initiate change. Additionally, informative results were found regarding the …
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A Comparison of Alphanumeric, Direct Manipulation Graphic, and Equivalent Interface Design for a Production Scheduling Task
<p>Scheduling is an essential factor influencing the efficiency of any production system. The effectiveness of the scheduling system depends upon the interaction of the human and machine. Thus, to effectively design the interface between the human and the machine, the human factors professional …
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A decision support system for the faculty/course assignment problem
… and Operations Research at Virginia Tech. System analysis was performed utilizing pre-test measures of satisfaction with the teaching assignments determined by the current scheduling system and post-test measures of satisfaction with the teaching assignments determined by the proposed …
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Fuzzy Logic Approaches to Modelling, Identification and Control of Non-Linear Systems
… is concerned with the modelling of non-linear systems, identification of control strategies and designing fuzzy controllers for uncertain systems using fuzzy logic techniques assisted by other conventional methods. The application of the proposed approaches are tested and evaluated on an …
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Declarative configuration applied to course scheduling
This thesis describes a course scheduling system that models planning as a satisfiability problem in relational logic. Given a set of course requirements for a degree program, our system can find a schedule of courses that will complete these requirements. It supports a flexible XML format for …
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A real-time simulation-based optimisation environment for industrial scheduling
… efficiency in their operations. Production scheduling is vital to the success of manufacturing systems in industry today, because the near optimal allocation of resources is essential in remaining highly competitive. The overall aim of this study is the advancement of research in …
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A Constraint Programming Pre-processor for Duty Scheduling
The bus driver scheduling problem involves assigning a set of drivers to cover all available bus work such that every bus is assigned a driver, the number of duties is minimised and each duty conforms to the rules governing them regarding maximum driving time and so on. Generally this problem is …
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Multiple-part-type systems in high volume manufacturing : Kanban System design for automatic production scheduling
A Kanban Production System is designed to help a factory line meet fluctuating demands for multiple part types. Based on the parameter settings of the Control-Point Policy, the optimum Kanban levels are obtained. The simulation software Simul8 was used to model the factory line and the Kanban …
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Time-domain developments in the singularity expansion method
… switching rules or procedures for an interactive scheduling system. It is also developed a normalized objective function to measure the balance of the best properties produced by SOT (low flow time) and SLACK (low tardiness). It should be noted that even though such a system could be viewed as …
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Application of two complementary sequencing rules to control the job shop by switching
… switching rules or procedures for an interactive scheduling system. It is also developed a normalized objective function to measure the balance of the best properties produced by SOT (low flow time) and SLACK (low tardiness). It should be noted that even though such a system could be viewed as …
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Delivery optimization for a make to order custom wire mill
… targets. Finally, we develop a production scheduling system that smoothes production, simplifies the scheduling process, and helps in achieving desired customer service level and the inventory targets.
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