A Hierarchical Scheduling Model of Manufacturing Systems on Receding Horizon
制造系统的递阶滚动优化调度模型（英文）

A new hierarchical optimal control production and setup scheduling model is discussed in an inflexible manufacturing system with jump Markov disturbances consisting of a single machine. The system can produce several types of products, but each time it can produce only one type of product. A setup (with setup time or cost or both) is required if production is to be switched from one type of product to another. The objective is to minimize the costs of setup, production and inventory. The decision variables are a sequence of setups and the production plan. Based on the idea of hierarchical control policy, a new hierarchical framework and hedging point control policy construct the hierarchical optimal control policy. An algorithm on receding horizon is also addressed.