Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Attri, Hitesh
Author's Email Address	hattri@vt.edu
URN	etd-03312005-235418
Title	An agent based manufacturing scheduling module for Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Industrial and Systems Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Dr. F. Frank Chen Committee Chair Dr. Subhash C. Sarin Committee Co-Chair Dr. Sanjay Jain Committee Member
Keywords	Advanced Planning and Scheduling Manufacturing Scheduling Multi Agent Systems
Date of Defense	2005-01-04
Availability	restricted
Abstract A software agents based manufacturing scheduling module for Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) is presented. The problem considered is scheduling of jobs with multiple operations, distinct operation processing times, arrival times, and due dates in a job shop environment. Sequence dependent setups are also considered. The additional constraints of material and resource availability are also taken into consideration. The scheduling is to be considered in integration with production planning. The production plans can be changed dynamically and the schedule is to be generated to reflect the appropriate changes. The design of a generic multi-agent framework which is domain independent along with algorithms that are used by the agents is also discussed.
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