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International Journal of Advances in Electronics and Computer Science-IJAECS |
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Issue |
Volume-6,Issue-8 ( Aug, 2019 ) | |||||||||
Paper Title |
A Two-Agent Single-Machine Scheduling Problem Considering Energy Saving | |||||||||
Author Name |
Fuh-Gwo Chen, Yuan-Lung Yu, Jen-Ya Wang | |||||||||
Affilition |
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Management, Hungkuang University, Taiwan, R.O.C. | |||||||||
Pages |
60-64 | |||||||||
Abstract |
In general, the position order of jobs in a schedule does not affect their processing times, unless there exist some particular effects; e.g., learning effect. No or little past research has explored the relationships between the position order of jobs and energy consumption. In this study, we introduce a single-machine two-agent scheduling problem in which we aim to adjust the position order of jobs to reduce energy consumption. The energy consumption of a job is assumed to be reducible in a human-machine system if this job is immediately processed after another similar job; e.g., without preheating. A branch-and-bound algorithm is developed and four experiments are conducted. The research findings show that energy consumption is very sensitive to objective cost. If a reasonable energy consumption limit is designated, we can reduce cost and save energy at the same time. Keywords - Job Scheduling, Two-agent Scheduling, Energy Saving, Single Machine, Learning Effect. | |||||||||
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