We address the problem of scheduling jobs with non-identical sizes and distinct processing times on a single batch-processing machine, aiming at minimizing makespan. The extensive literature this NP-hard mostly focuses heuristics. Using an arc-flow based optimization approach, we construct novel formulation that represents it as determining flows in graphs. size increases machine capacity numbe...

Graphics processing units (GPUs) can improve deep neural network inference throughput via batch processing, where multiple tasks are concurrently processed. We focus on novel scenarios that the energy-constrained mobile devices offload to an edge server with GPU. The task is partitioned into sub-tasks for a finer granularity of offloading and scheduling, user energy consumption minimization pro...

Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) are essential for small/medium batch and job shop manufacturing. These types of production systems are used to manufacture a considerable variety of products with medium/small production volumes. Therefore, the manufacturing platforms supporting these types of production must be flexible and organized in Flexible Manufacturing Cells (FMC). Programming FMC's ...

This paper presents a method for monitoring of systems that operate in a repetitive manner. Considering that data batches collected from a repetitive operation will be similar unless in the presence of an abnormality, a condition change is inferred by comparing the monitored data against a nominal batch. The method proposed considers the comparison of data in the distribution domain, which reve...

Abstract Continuous flow chemistry is becoming an established technology platform that finds frequent application in industrial chemical manufacture with support and endorsements by the FDA for pharmaceuticals. Amongst various advantages are commonly cited over batch processing, sustainability continues to require further advances joint efforts chemists engineers both academia industry. This sh...

The scheduling of (parallel) serial-batch processing machines is a task arising in many industrial sectors. In the metal-processing industry for instance, cutting operations are necessary to fabricate varying metal pieces out large base slides. Here, (cutting) jobs have individual, arbitrary slide capacity requirements (sizes), individual times and due dates, specific material (i.e. each job be...

There currently exist a number of excellent techniques to capture, register, and blend digital panoramas. However, the problem is treated as an automated batch process, which can take several minutes to produce a panorama. Unfortunately, many of the algorithms involved are prone to errors and/or artifacts and may require meticulous tuning to achieve high quality results. This not only requires ...

In this paper, we consider an integrated scheduling problem of production and distribution for manufacturers. In the production part, the batch-processing machines have fixed capacity and the jobs have arbitrary sizes and processing times. Jobs in a batch can be processed together, provided that the total size of the jobs in the batch does not exceed the machine capacity. The processing time of...

We consider a single batch machine on-line scheduling problem with jobs arriving over time. A batch processing machine can handle up to B jobs simultaneously as a batch, and the processing time for a batch is equal to the longest processing time among the jobs in it. Each job becomes available at its arrival time, which is not known in advance, and its characteristics, such as processing time a...