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Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 397-406


Fuzzy Palmer Scheduling for Flow Shops with More Than Two Machines


Tzung-Pei Hong and Tzung-Nan Chuang
Department of Information Management 
I-Shou University 
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 840, R.O.C.


    In the past, we have demonstrated how fuzzy concepts can easily be used in the Johnson algorithm to manage uncertain scheduling on two-machine flow shops. This paper extends application to fuzzy flow shops with more than two machines. A new fuzzy heuristic flow-shop scheduling algorithm (the fuzzy Palmer algorithm) is then designed since optimal solutions seem unnecessary for uncertain environments. Also, the conventional Palmer algorithm is presented as a special case of the fuzzy Palmer algorithm with special assigned membership functions.


Keywords: Palmer algorithm, completion time, flow shop, fuzzy task, scheduling

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