This paper presents a multi-objective simulated annealing algorithm for the mixed-model assembly line balancing with stochastic processing times. Since, the stochastic task times may have effects on the bottlenecks of a system, maximizing the weighted line efficiency (equivalent to the minimizing the number of station), minimizing the weighted smoothness index and maximizing the system reliabil...

Distributed processing can be used for solving large computation intensive problems. A distributed system may include parallel supercomputers, networked workstations and PCs. This paper discusses load balancing of a parallel job in a distributed computation environment. The information necessary for load balancing is studied. The software tools that automatically collect the information and per...

This paper addresses the problem of scheduling and load balancing in heterogeneous computational grids. We proposed a two-level load balancing policy for the multi-cluster grid environment where computational resources are dispersed in different administrative domains or clusters which are located in different local area networks. The proposed load balancing policy takes into account the hetero...

in this paper, based on the background of cost-oriented assembly line balancing problems, a novel mathematical model for scheduling and balancing the assembly line is offered that with the combination of task sequence-dependent setup time, parallel stations and resource constraint, minimizes the operational and investment costs of assembly system. due to the complexity of the problem, the equat...

The research on two-wheels balancing robot has gained momentum due to their functionality and reliability when completing certain tasks. This paper presents investigations into the performance comparison of Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and PID-PID controllers for a highly nonlinear 2–wheels balancing robot. The mathematical model of 2-wheels balancing robot that is highly nonlinear is deriv...

Distributed traffic simulation system is usual used in large-scale traffic simulation, so the load balancing of the simulation terminals has now becoming the hot spot of research. A fixed number of simulation terminals were used to realize the load balancing of distributed traffic simulation system typically. But it’s not flexible enough. Therefore, we proposed the dynamic load balancing based ...

This paper presents the results of a load balancing study carried out on the distributed operating system Amoeba. The study is intended to investigate the e ectiveness of di erent load balancing methodologies on a workstation-based system, specifying job initiation vs. process migration. The results indicate that both methods can improve system performance, such as response time. The results al...

Computational grids have the potential computing power for solving large-scale scientific computing applications. To improve the global throughput of these applications, workload has to be evenly distributed among the available computational resources in the grid environment. This paper addresses the problem of scheduling and load balancing in heterogeneous computational grids. We proposed a tw...