Density-based emergent scheduling system
CA 2266554 A1 · Owner: Industrial Technology Institute · Inventors: Parunak, H. Van Dyke; Clark, Steven J.
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A computerized task scheduler for negotiating and scheduling resources with respect to various manufacturing tasks via computerized agent technology. A manufacturing-related customer asks a computerized uniform process broker (20) for a bid on a manufacturing task (123) by specifying the task and the time when it is to be completed. The computerized uniform process broker finds a computerized resource broker (40, 48) which will perform the assignment at the lowest cost within the requested time frame. The computerized resource brokers use the requested time frame and their respective current available resources to determine a working window in which they can perform the task and at …
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