基于拍卖谈判机制的分布式多技能多项目调度

求解分布式多项目调度问题的关键是设计有效的资源协调机制以解决项目间的全局资源冲突。当全局资源为多技能人力资源时,调度项目活动开始时间的同时还需要满足“活动-技能-资源”的匹配关系,从而为多项目制定高质量的调度计划与全局资源指派方案。基于多Agent系统,建立局部调度优化与全局协调决策的双层模型;采用基于正向逆向调度改进的遗传算法求解初始局部调度计划;以人力资源各时段的使用权作为拍卖品,设计考虑人力资源多技能异质特点的拍卖谈判机制协调全局资源冲突。改编MPSPLIB算例集并开展实验研究,研究结果表明：本文设计的拍卖谈判机制与改进的遗传算法相结合可以有效协调不同规模问题的全局资源分配;拍卖谈判机制在测试问题集上的求解结果优于序贯博弈谈判机制;问题规模越大或资源冲突程度越强,项目协调调度难度越大,全局资源分配过程越复杂。     

基于MAS的多模式分布式资源约束多项目调度

针对实践中分布式多项目的活动往往具有多种执行模式,提出多模式分布式资源约束多项目调度问题。在项目动态到达环境下,考虑活动不同的执行模式,以工期最短和多项目延期成本最小为目标分别构建局部单项目调度模型和全局多项目决策模型,采用改进变邻域搜索算法求解初始局部调度计划,并设计基于模式调整的全局协商调度算法求解全局决策模型,通过双层算法实现分布式多项目调度中局部单项目调度与全局多项目调度系统性协调,减少项目中断和多项目延期成本。基于构建的多模式测试集进行的多项目数值实验表明：本文设计的双层算法可有效求解多模式分布式多项目调度问题,并且对不同规模问题求解具有良好的适应性。     

一种改进的多模式项目反应性调度问题

既有的项目反应性调度问题只关注了基准调度方案的稳定性,而忽略了项目调度目标的最优实现。本文提出了一种两阶段多模式资源受限项目反应性调度问题。第一阶段,在新的项目执行环境下,对项目进行完全重调度,得到新的最优调度目标值。第二阶段,以新的最优调度目标值为约束,以最大化调度稳定性为目标,求得新的最优调度方案。针对问题特点,基于IBM ILOG优化编程语言OPL和CPLEX V12.8.0,设计出该问题的求解程序。最后,基于标准算例,对本文提出的反应性调度方法、既有的反应性调度方法、完全重调度方法进行了充分的比较测试,结果表明本文提出的反应性调度方法在缩短项目工期、保护基准方案的稳定性方面具有明显优势。     

考虑序列设置时间的混合流水车间多目标调度研究

基于混合流水车间多品种的特性,序列设置时间和工序跳跃是很多车间在调度时需要考虑的两个重要问题,论文充分考虑这两种生产约束,建立了以最大完工时间和负荷均衡指标为双目标的混合流水车间多目标调度数学模型,并运用改进的NSGA-II算法对基于实际企业生产数据假设的算例进行仿真求解,结果表明求解的调度方案符合实际需求,能够为企业的实际调度提供有效的方案。     

带有活动重叠的项目调度问题新算法:分支定界法

在复杂产品研发项目中,通常采用活动重叠的方式来缩短工期,带有活动重叠的资源受限项目调度问题的求解多以启发式算法为主,该方法虽然具有收敛速度快、计算规模大等优点,但无法得到最优解,而精确算法是求解上述问题最优解的有效方法。基于此,本文在深入分析活动重叠对项目调度影响的基础上,设计了分支定界法以获得最优解。首先,从理论上证明了算法的最优性,一是对仅考虑最小延迟替代集即可得到最优解进行了证明;二是对割集支配规则与左移支配规则在剪枝操作中的应用进行了证明。其次,在算法设计上采用数据结构——栈对搜索树上的节点信息进行存储,并针对活动重叠约束,定义了新的决策时刻点和新的搜索树节点的表示方法。最后,通过大量的算例实验分析验证了算法的可行性和有效性。综上,本文提出的算法具备成熟的理论意义与精准的计算结果,具有较高的研究价值。     

单机单转包商调度与外包联合优化问题的改进启发式算法

针对以总完工时间与总外包费用加权和为优化目标、总外包费用不超过给定上限的单机单转包商调度与外包联合优化问题,设计出一种改进的剔除型启发式算法。该算法通过运用动态规划技术求解新的辅助问题来获取初始外包工件集,并引入判定条件提前从初始外包工件集中剔除特定工件。为满足对总外包费用的上限约束,还利用新型的启发式筛选次序族逐一确定从当前外包工件集中剔除的工件。在仿真实验中,通过生成大量的测试算例,对比分析了改进算法与另2种已报道算法在求解质量、计算时间上的表现情况。实验结果表明所提出的改进算法在解的整体质量上具备显著的比较优势,并且能在5.6秒内完成对工件总数为1500的测试算例的求解。     

一类有时间窗口约束的多资源动态调度模型与方法

含时间窗口的多资源调度，是一个包括资源分配和时间窗口分配的两阶段优化过程。在初始调度方案执行过程中，由于新的任务需求的到达，需要对初始方案进行调整．以使整个调度方案最优。本针对这种情况，分析了该问题中的主要约束条件．建立了含时间窗口的多资源动态调度模型，给出了一种启发式迭代修改求解方法；并以含时间窗口的多机调度问题为例．对模型和算法进行了验证。     

带有资源柔性约束的max-NPV分布式多项目调度问题

现有的分布式资源约束多项目调度问题研究中,假定全局资源限量在多项目工期内不可突破且多以工期为优化目标。针对此问题,考虑全局资源可从外部获取,以净现值为目标,构建带有全局资源柔性约束的分布式多项目调度问题的整数规划模型并设计有效的求解算法。首先,界定问题并确定项目现金流的计算方法;然后,针对求解问题的NP-hard属性,设计了遗传-模拟退火混合算法(GA_SA)求解此模型。最后,通过多组数值实验,设计不同算法与GA_SA算法进行比较,并分析了关键参数对多项目净现值的影响。结果表明,GA_SA算法具有较好的求解效果;与传统的全局资源刚性约束条件相比,全局资源柔性使用状态可以显著改善分布式多项目的收益绩效。     

求解资源受限项目调度问题的人工鱼群算法

提出了将人工鱼群算法应用于求解资源受限项目调度问题中的构想,建立了求解资源受限项目调度问题的人工鱼群算法模型,设计了一种标准随机键编码方式,构建了人工鱼的觅食行为、聚群行为、追尾行为和随机行为四种基本算子,采用了正向逆向局部改进技术和精英保留策略,并给出了算法流程。应用PSPLIB标准问题库对该算法进行了大量的测试,并与其他算法进行了比较,验证了该算法的有效性。     

调度问题中两类分离约束传播算法的比较及一种改进算法

约束传播算法是求解约束满足问题的一种重要方法。调度问题是一种特殊的约束满足问题。本介绍了调度问题中的Edge-Finding和Energy-Reasoning两种分离约束传播算法，并对它们进行了比较，中最后给出了一种结合Energy-Reasoning的Edge-Finding改进算法。     

项目鲁棒调度的资源分配启发式算法研究

合理的资源配置是提高项目调度鲁棒性一种有效的方法。本文针对项目鲁棒调度问题,提出了Max-PRUA资源分配启发式算法,以期通过生成鲁棒性高的资源分配方案来提高调度计划的鲁棒性。本算法设计了最大化利用优先关系和不可避免弧传递资源的资源分配两项策略来传递最大资源量,以减少由额外约束传递的资源量,降低对项目调度鲁棒性的影响。为寻优最优资源分配方案,配合局部搜索算法,本算法构建了动态活动组GRA,通过对组内活动顺序重排以生成多种资源分配方案,以利于从解空间中寻优出最佳的鲁棒性方案。最后通过大量的仿真实验验证和与其它算法进行比较,结果表明本算法对于不同规模和不同因素影响的项目均有较好的适应性,生成的资源分配方案对调度计划鲁棒性影响较小,是一种有效的算法。     

A branch-and-bound algorithm for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem

We describe a time-oriented branch-and-bound algorithm for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem which explores the set of active schedules by enumerating possible activity start times. The algorithm uses constraint-propagation techniques that exploit the temporal and resource constraints of the problem in order to reduce the search space. Computational experiments with large, systematically generated benchmark test sets, ranging in size from thirty to one hundred and twenty activities per problem instance, show that the algorithm scales well and is competitive with other exact solution approaches. The computational results show that the most difficult problems occur when scarce resource supply and the structure of the resource demand cause a problem to be highly disjunctive.     

Multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling using RCPSP and SAT solvers

This paper reports on a new solution approach for the well-known multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP). This problem type aims at the selection of a single activity mode from a set of available modes in order to construct a precedence and a (renewable and non-renewable) resource feasible project schedule with a minimal makespan. The problem type is known to be NP-hard and has been solved using various exact as well as (meta-)heuristic procedures.The new algorithm splits the problem type into a mode assignment and a single mode project scheduling step. The mode assignment step is solved by a satisfiability (SAT) problem solver and returns a feasible mode selection to the project scheduling step. The project scheduling step is solved using an efficient meta-heuristic procedure from literature to solve the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP). However, unlike many traditional meta-heuristic methods in literature to solve the MRCPSP, the new approach executes these two steps in one run, relying on a single priority list. Straightforward adaptations to the pure SAT solver by using pseudo boolean non-renewable resource constraints has led to a high quality solution approach in a reasonable computational time. Computational results show that the procedure can report similar or sometimes even better solutions than found by other procedures in literature, although it often requires a higher CPU time.     

Scheduling non-professional table-tennis leagues

In this paper we consider a sports league scheduling problem which occurs in planning non-professional table-tennis leagues. The problem consists in finding a schedule for a time-relaxed double round robin tournament where different hard and soft constraints have to be taken into account. We model the problem as an integer linear program and a multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem, respectively. Based on the second model a heuristic solution algorithm is proposed, which proceeds in two stages using local search and genetic algorithms. Computational results show the efficiency of the approaches.     

基于资源随机中断的反应性多模式项目调度优化

资源中断是项目实施过程中一种常见现象,它会导致项目进度计划的变更并引起额外的成本。本文研究资源随机中断下的项目调度问题,目标是对基准进度计划进行合理的调整,以最小化由此所造成的额外成本。作者首先对研究问题进行界定,随后构建问题的优化模型。针对模型的NP-hard属性,设计禁忌搜索启发式算法。最后以基准列表算法和随机生成算法为参照,在随机生成的标准算例集合上对算法进行测试,得到如下结论:在可接受的计算时间范围内,禁忌搜索获得的满意解质量明显高于其他两种启发式算法;算法的平均计算时间随着项目活动数的增加而增加,随着网络复杂度、资源强度或资源中断次数的增加而减小;满意解的平均目标函数值,随着项目活动数或网络复杂度的增加而增加,随着资源中断次数的增加而减小,与资源强度无明显关系。     

Search Heuristics for Resource Constrained Project Scheduling

We develop a search procedure for project scheduling problems with multiple resource constraints as well as precedence constraints. The procedure is applied to three popular search heuristics, simulated annealing, tabu search and genetic algorithms. In the heuristics, a solution is represented with a string of numbers each of which denotes priority of each activity. The priorities are used to select an activity for scheduling among competing ones. The search heuristics with this encoding method can always generate feasible neighbourhood solutions for a given solution. Moreover, this encoding method is very flexible in that problems with objective functions of a general functional form (such as a nonlinear function) and complex constraints can be considered without much difficulty. Results of computational tests on the performance of the search heuristics showed that the search heuristics, especially the simulated annealing and tabu search algorithms worked better than existing heuristics.     

A hybrid scatter search for the discrete time/resource trade-off problem in project scheduling

We develop a heuristic procedure for solving the discrete time/resource trade-off problem in the field of project scheduling. In this problem, a project contains activities interrelated by finish-start-type precedence constraints with a time lag of zero, which require one or more constrained renewable resources. Each activity has a specified work content and can be performed in different modes, i.e. with different durations and resource requirements, as long as the required work content is met. The objective is to schedule each activity in one of its modes in order to minimize the project makespan. We use a scatter search algorithm to tackle this problem, using path relinking methodology as a solution combination method. Computational results on randomly generated problem sets are compared with the best available results indicating the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.     

Minimizing the total completion time on a single machine with the learning effect and multiple availability constraints

This paper considers a single machine scheduling problem with the learning effect and multiple availability constraints that minimizes the total completion time. To solve this problem, a new binary integer programming model is presented, and a branch-and-bound algorithm is also developed for solving the given problem optimally. Since the problem is strongly NP-hard, to find the near-optimal solution for large-sized problems within a reasonable time, two meta-heuristics; namely, genetic algorithm and simulated annealing are developed. Finally, the computational results are provided to compare the result of the binary integer programming, branch-and-bound algorithm, genetic algorithm and simulated annealing. Then, the efficiency of the proposed algorithms is discussed.     

Rollout Algorithms for Stochastic Scheduling Problems

Stochastic scheduling problems are difficult stochastic control problems with combinatorial decision spaces. In this paper we focus on a class of stochastic scheduling problems, the quiz problem and its variations. We discuss the use of heuristics for their solution, and we propose rollout algorithms based on these heuristics which approximate the stochastic dynamic programming algorithm. We show how the rollout algorithms can be implemented efficiently, with considerable savings in computation over optimal algorithms. We delineate circumstances under which the rollout algorithms are guaranteed to perform better than the heuristics on which they are based. We also show computational results which suggest that the performance of the rollout policies is near-optimal, and is substantially better than the performance of their underlying heuristics.     

置换流水车间调度问题的中心引力优化算法求解

目前求解置换流水车间调度问题的智能优化算法都是随机型优化方法,存在的一个问题是解的稳定性较差。针对该问题,本文给出一种确定型智能优化算法——中心引力优化算法的求解方法。为处理基本中心引力优化算法对初始解选择要求高的问题,利用低偏差序列生成初始解,提高初始解质量;利用加速度和位置迭代方程更新解的状态;利用两位置交换排序法进行局部搜索,提高算法的优化性能。采用置换流水车间调度问题标准测试算例进行数值实验,并和基本中心引力优化算法、NEH启发式算法、微粒群优化算法和萤火虫算法进行比较。结果表明该算法不仅具有更好的解的稳定性,而且具有更高的计算精度,为置换流水车间调度问题的求解提供了一种可行有效的方法。