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EPSRC Reference: GR/R95319/01
Title: Fuzzy Multicriteria Approaches to Scheduling and Rescheduling Problems in Uncertain Environments
Principal Investigator: Petrovic, Professor S
Other Investigators:
Burke, Professor EK Kendall, Professor G
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Project Partners:
Denby Retail Ltd Sherwood Press (Nottingham) Ltd (The)
Department: School of Computer Science
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 January 2003 Ends: 30 September 2006 Value (£): 211,594
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Artificial Intelligence Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Construction Creative Industries
Related Grants:
GR/R95326/01
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Effective and efficient production scheduling is essential to modern production/manufacturing organisations. In this research proposal a new methodology for developing scheduling systems is proposed, which addresses two important issues: treating various types of uncertainty that exist in scheduling problems using fuzzy-logic based techniques, and considering multiple criteria which describe various performance measures of schedules. In addition, new fuzzy multicriteria rescheduling methods will be investigated to be used as response to various disruptions that can occur in a manufacturing environment. This proposal presents an ambitious (but achievable) multi-disciplinary programme of research which will attempt to draw together the three research themes (scheduling/rescheduling, fuzzy reasoning, multi-criteria decision making) with a specific aim of successfully tackling difficult, uncertain and dynamic real-world scheduling problems. In particular, our proposal will attempt to deal with these themes simultaneously which presents a significant research challenge.
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