This paper describes a fault-tolerant scheduler that uses the AreaTime response Balancing algorithm (ATB) for scheduling real-time hardware tasks onto partially reconfigurable FPGAs. The architecture of the ATB scheduler incorporates fault-tolerance by design features; including Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR), parity protection of its memories and finite state machines, as well as spatial and ...

This paper discusses the use of the finite capacity planning model as a basis for a job-shop scheduling system. The suitability of this approach for constructing short term schedules with very short lead times is examined. This paper introduces a rule-based scheduling system whose operation, unlike previous monolithic schedulers, is based around distinct though interlinked processes. Scheduling...

A major challenge for research in production management is to develop new finite-capacity scheduling techniques and tools that (1) can account more precisely for actual production management constraints and objectives, (2) are better suited for handling production contingencies, and (3) allow the user to interactively manipulate the production schedule to reflect idiosyncratic constraints and p...

We consider scheduling environments where some job characteristics are uncertain. This uncertainty is modeled through a finite set of well-defined scenarios. In such a context, we search for a solution that is acceptable for any considered scenario. For this purpose, several criteria can be applied to select among solutions. We use here the so-called absolute robustness criterion. We present al...

The basic definition of the re-entrant line, which constitutes the typical abstraction for the formal modelling and analysis of the fab scheduling problem, considers only the job contest for the finite processing capacity of the system workstations, ignoring completely the effects and complications arising from additional operational issues like the finite buffering capacity of the system works...

We consider scheduling environments where some job characteristics are uncertain. This uncertainty is modeled through a finite set of well-defined scenarios. In such a context, we search for a solution that is acceptable for any considered scenario. For this purpose, several criteria can be applied to select among solutions. We use here the so-called absolute robustness criterion. We present al...