Simulation-Based Scheduling Method including operations for interruptions of jobs and insertions of these, based on an active schedule generated by Genetic Algorithm

Abstract

A simulation-based production scheduling method including functions for interruptions of large lots' jobs and insertions of small lots' jobs is proposed, aiming at the elimination of tardy jobs. The proposed method consists of two steps' operations. First operation is that an active schedule is generated by Genetic Algorithms without the interruptions and the insertion, second is that the interruptions of jobs and the insertion are executed by using parameters. In this paper, the performance of the proposed method is evaluated by comparing it with the different methods on the flow shop model.