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This paper proposes a novel Variational Graph-to-Scheduler (VG2S) framework for solving the Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP), a critical task in manufacturing that directly impacts operational efficiency and resource utilization.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Seung Heon Oh , Jiwon Baek , Ki Young Cho , Hee Chang Yoon , Jong Hun Woo

Job Shop Scheduling (JSS) is one of the most studied combinatorial optimization problems. It involves scheduling a set of jobs with predefined processing constraints on a set of machines to achieve a desired objective, such as minimizing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Karima Rihane , Adel Dabah , Abdelhakim AitZai

We present a novel framework for solving Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling Problems under uncertainty, addressing the challenges introduced by stochastic job arrivals and unexpected machine breakdowns. Our approach follows a model-based paradigm,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Sofiene Lassoued , Stefan Lier , Andreas Schwung

The Jobs shop Scheduling Problem (JSP) is a canonical combinatorial optimization problem that is routinely solved for a variety of industrial purposes. It models the optimal scheduling of multiple sequences of tasks, each under a fixed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-14 James Kotary , Ferdinando Fioretto , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Job-shop scheduling problem (JSP) is a mathematical optimization problem widely used in industries like manufacturing, and flexible JSP (FJSP) is also a common variant. Since they are NP-hard, it is intractable to find the optimal solution…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Kuo-Hao Ho , Ruei-Yu Jheng , Ji-Han Wu , Fan Chiang , Yen-Chi Chen , Yuan-Yu Wu , I-Chen Wu

Flexible job shop scheduling has been noticed as an effective manufacturing system to cope with rapid development in today's competitive environment. Flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSSP) is known as a NP-hard problem in the field of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-07-11 Sayedmohammadreza Vaghefinezhad , Kuan Yew Wong

Recently, a variety of constraint programming and Boolean satisfiability approaches to scheduling problems have been introduced. They have in common the use of relatively simple propagation mechanisms and an adaptive way to focus on the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-09-28 Diarmuid Grimes , Emmanuel Hebrard

Efficiently solving the Job Shop Scheduling Problem in real-world industrial applications requires policies that are both computationally lean and topologically robust. While Reinforcement Learning has shown potential in automating…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Jonathan Hoss , Moritz Link , Noah Klarmann

The permutation flow shop scheduling (PFSS), aiming at finding the optimal permutation of jobs, is widely used in manufacturing systems. When solving large-scale PFSS problems, traditional optimization algorithms such as heuristics could…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Longkang Li , Siyuan Liang , Zihao Zhu , Chris Ding , Hongyuan Zha , Baoyuan Wu

The Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem (FJSP) originates from real production lines, while some practical constraints are often ignored or idealized in current FJSP studies, among which the limited buffer problem has a particular impact…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Shishun Zhang , Juzhan Xu , Yidan Fan , Chenyang Zhu , Ruizhen Hu , Yongjun Wang , Kai Xu

The Job-shop Scheduling Problem (JSP) is a well-known and challenging combinatorial optimization problem in which tasks sharing a machine are to be arranged in a sequence such that encompassing jobs can be completed as early as possible. In…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Mohammed M. S. El-Kholany , Martin Gebser , Konstantin Schekotihin

Recent studies in using deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to solve Job-shop scheduling problems (JSSP) focus on construction heuristics. However, their performance is still far from optimality, mainly because the underlying graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Cong Zhang , Zhiguang Cao , Wen Song , Yaoxin Wu , Jie Zhang

We consider the job-shop problem with sequence-dependent setup times. We focus on the formal definition of schedule generation schemes (SGSs) based on the semi-active, active, and non-delay schedule categories. We study dominance properties…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Christian Artigues , Pierre Lopez , Pierre-Dimitri Ayache

This paper addresses the problem of scheduling non-preemptive tasks with release jitter and execution time variation on a uniprocessor. We show that the schedulability analysis based on schedule graph generation, proposed by Nasri and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Marek Vlk , Marek Jaros , Zdenek Hanzalek

The Job-Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) stands as one of the most renowned challenges in scheduling. It is characterized as a disjunctive problem, wherein a solution is fully depicted through an oriented disjunctive graph, with earliest…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-29 Eric Bourreau , Gerard Fleury , Phlippe Lacomme

The Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSP) is a pivotal challenge in operations research and is essential for evaluating the effectiveness and performance of scheduling algorithms. Scheduling problems are a crucial domain in combinatorial…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Christian Perez , Carlos March , Miguel A. Salido

As in-space exploration increases, autonomous systems will play a vital role in building the necessary facilities to support exploration. To this end, an autonomous system must be able to assign tasks in a scheme that efficiently completes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-30 Joshua Moser , Julia Hoffman , Robert Hildebrand , Erik Komendera

Job shop scheduling problems address the routing and sequencing of tasks in a job shop setting. Despite significant interest from operations research and machine learning communities over the years, a comprehensive platform for testing and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Robbert Reijnen , Igor G. Smit , Hongxiang Zhang , Yaoxin Wu , Zaharah Bukhsh , Yingqian Zhang

Dynamic flexible assembly flow shop scheduling with multi-product delivery is a critical combinatorial problem, characterized by kitting supply and machine flexibility. Genetic programming is widely used to automatically generate…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Junhao Qiu , Haoyang Zhuang , Fei Liu , Jianjun Liu , Qingfu Zhang

In the past years, Interconnection Networks have been used quite often and especially in applications where parallelization is critical. Message packets transmitted through such networks can be interrupted using buffers in order to maximize…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-28 Stavros Birmpilis , Timotheos Aslanidis