Title
Multi-Machine Scheduling - A Multi-Agent Learning Approach
Abstract
Multi-machine scheduling, that is, the assigment of jobs to machines such that certain performance demands like cost and time effectiveness are fulfilled, is a ubiquitous and complex activity in everyday life. This paper presents an approach to multi-machine scheduling that follows the multi-agent learning paradigm known from the field of Distributed Artificial Intelligence. According to this approach the machines collectively and as a whole learn and iteratively refine appropriate schedules. The major characteristic of this approach is that learning is distributed over several machines, and that the individual machines carry out their learning activities in a parallel and asynchronous way.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1109/ICMAS.1998.699030
ICMAS
Keywords
Field
DocType
everyday life,certain performance demand,appropriate schedule,artificial intelligence,multi-machine scheduling,multi-agent learning approach,major characteristic,time effectiveness,individual machine,complex activity,constraint optimization,shipbuilding industry,read only memory,dynamic scheduling,machine learning,learning artificial intelligence,scheduling,software agents,job shop scheduling
Robot learning,Online machine learning,Instance-based learning,Active learning (machine learning),Computer science,Software agent,Hyper-heuristic,Schedule,Artificial intelligence,Computational learning theory
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8186-8500-X
23
1.88
References 
Authors
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wilfried Brauer1969299.36
Gerhard Weiβ2323.29