A hybrid heuristic search algorithm for scheduling FMS based on Petri net model

作者:Huang Bo*; Sun Yu; Sun Ya Min; Zhao Chun Xia
来源:International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2010, 48(9-12): 925-933.
DOI:10.1007/s00170-009-2329-8

摘要

This paper presents a new scheduling method for a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) in a Petri net framework. Petri nets can concisely model multiple lot sizes for each job, the strict precedence constraint, multiple kinds of resources, and concurrent activities. To decrease the likelihood of rejecting the critical markings, our algorithm adopts an improved checking method for previous generated marking. To reduce the computation complexity, an elaborate scheme is applied, which performs A* search locally and backtracking search globally in the reachability graph of the Petri net. Some numerical experiments are carried out to demonstrate usefulness of the algorithm.