An efficient solution to cyclic scheduling of a no-wait reentrant serial-parallel PCB production line

A. Da Che, Cheng Bin Chu

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Abstract

The manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCB) involves multi-stage production lines where material handling is performed by a computer-controlled hoist. This paper addresses cyclic scheduling of a no-wait reentrant serial-parallel production line in PCB manufacturing. A reentrant serial-parallel production line is a production system with reentrant and parallel stations. A reentrant station is a processing station visited by parts more than once, and parallel stations are a group of stations performing the same processing at some bottleneck production stage. We first formulate our scheduling problem using the notion of prohibited intervals, and then perform a formal analysis on the developed mathematical model. Based on this analysis, we propose a polynomial algorithm for the considered problem. An illustrative example is given to verify the proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07 (14th)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages746-751
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9787883580805
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07 - Harbin, China
Duration: 20 Aug 200722 Aug 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07 (14th)

Conference

Conference2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period20/08/0722/08/07

Keywords

  • Cyclic scheduling
  • No-wait
  • PCB manufacturing
  • Polynomial algorithm
  • Production system
  • Reentrant

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