The Impact of Task Runtime Estimate Accuracy on Scheduling Workloads of Workflows

Workflow schedulers often rely on task runtime estimates when making scheduling decisions, and they usually target the scheduling of a single workflow or batches of workflows. In contrast, in this paper, we evaluate the impact of the absence or limited accuracy of task runtime estimates on slowdown when scheduling complete workloads of workflows...

Robust scheduling in an uncertain environment

This thesis presents research on scheduling in an uncertain environment, which forms a part of the rolling stock life cycle logistics applied research and development program funded by Dutch railway industry companies. The focus therefore lies on scheduling of maintenance operations on rolling stock in the railway industry. The first chapter...

Automatic generation of a section building planning for constructing complex ships in European shipyards

Automatic generation of a section building planning for constructing complex ships in European shipyards

Efficient planning of the section building process is important for European shipyards since delays in this process can disrupt the on-time delivery of a ship. Automatically generating production schedules of the section building process can result in higher quality schedules compared to those created manually. Recently, the production processes...

A Scenario State Representation for Scheduling Deferrable Loads under Wind Uncertainty

Integration of renewable energy in power systems is a potential source of uncertainty, because renewable generation is variable and may depend on changing and highly uncertain weather conditions. In this paper we present and evaluate a new method to schedule power-demanding tasks with release times and deadlines under uncertainty, in order to...

Coordinated Multi-Agent Planning and Scheduling

Coordinating autonomous planning and scheduling

Planning and scheduling of the cargo handling process