Heuristics for allocation of reconfigurable resources in a serial line with reliability considerations

Heuristics for allocation of reconfigurable resources in a serial line with reliability considerations

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Article ID: iaor20106096
Volume: 40
Issue: 6
Start Page Number: 595
End Page Number: 611
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Journal: IIE Transactions
Authors: , ,
Keywords: heuristics
Abstract:

We consider the allocation of reconfigurable resources in a serial line with machine failures. Each station is equipped with non-idling dedicated servers while the whole system is equipped with a finite number of reconfigurable servers. The reconfigurable servers are available to be assigned to any station and all servers are allowed to collaborate on a single job. We provide conditions for a policy to achieve throughput optimality. We also show in the two-station case that transition monotone optimal policies exist. We discuss heuristics based on the two-server model that reduce average holding costs significantly. These heuristics are compared to several heuristics from the literature via a detailed numerical study.

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