Performance analysis of a flexible flow shop with random and state-dependent batch transport.
Hui-Yu ZhangShaohui XiQing-Xin ChenJames Macgregor SmithNing MaoXiang LiPublished in: Int. J. Prod. Res. (2021)
Keyphrases
- state dependent
- flowshop
- scheduling problem
- dispatching rule
- asymptotic optimality
- wafer fabrication
- asymptotically optimal
- steady state
- setup times
- manufacturing cell
- production scheduling
- single server
- flexible manufacturing systems
- optimal policy
- special case
- flowshop scheduling problems
- lot streaming
- sequence dependent setup times
- queueing networks
- flowshop scheduling
- queue length
- arrival rate
- processing times
- markov chain
- single machine
- stationary distribution
- tabu search
- multistage
- setup cost
- parallel machines
- np hard
- lower bound
- unrelated parallel machines
- heavy traffic
- manufacturing systems
- metaheuristic
- completion times
- production planning
- cost function
- search algorithm