A robustness index for scheduling based on sensitivity analysis
This paper addresses the sensitivity analysis to test the robustness of schedules produced for job shop scheduling problems. The idea is to check the level of tolerance of the schedule against the changing conditions such as the length of processing time for particular operations. We introduced a new dimension of robustness that has not widely been discussed so far.
Thank you very much for your interest. First of all, I wanted to bring sensitivity analysis (SA) to the attention of researchers, who investigates about scheduling. This is, because I think, one of the major issue with any planning and scheduling system is the robustness as the users face with the lack of confidance in the results produced by many systems. SA has a good and mathematically reliable background to be used for that issue.
Of course, one can use the idea proposed with its own system or with integration of multiple systems.
Dr. M. E. Aydin LSBU, London
The main question here, I think, would be if the the robustness index you are introducing is something that could be integrated to the intelligent systems the others have produced for the job shop scheduling and thus be used in addition to them ?