A Dispatching Methodology for Balancing Workload Assignments in a Job Shop Production Facility
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in A I I E Transactions
- Vol. 4 (4) , 277-283
- https://doi.org/10.1080/05695557208974863
Abstract
A flow-controlled dispatching methodology is developed for balancing workload assignments in an industrial job shop manufacturing environment. Indices are derived for measuring the workload balance over a horizon of scheduling periods. A general simulation model is used to compare the flow-controlled dispatching methodology with standard dispatching rules. The flow-controlled methods are shown to yield significant improvements in the workload balance index as compared with any of the standard dispatching rules tested.Keywords
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- Heuristics in Job Shop SchedulingManagement Science, 1966