A generic library of problem-solving methods for scheduling applications

Rajpathak, Dnyanesh; Motta, Enrico; Zdrahal, Zdenek and Roy, Rajkumar (2003). A generic library of problem-solving methods for scheduling applications. In: International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, Oct 2003, Florida, USA, pp. 113–120.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/945649.945663

Abstract

In this paper we describe a generic library of problem-solving methods (PSMs) for scheduling applications. Although, some attempts have been made in the past at developing libraries of scheduling methods, these only provide limited coverage: in some cases they are specific to a particular scheduling domain; in other cases they simply implement a particular scheduling technique; in other cases they fail to provide the required degree of depth and precision. Our library is based on a structured approach, whereby we first develop a scheduling task ontology, and then construct a task-specific but domain independent model of scheduling problem-solving, which generalises from specific approaches to scheduling problem-solving. Different PSMs are then constructed uniformly by specialising the generic model of scheduling problem-solving. Our library has been evaluated on a number of real-life and benchmark applications to demonstrate its generic and comprehensive nature.