Comparison of Order Review and Release techniques in a dynamic and uncertain job shop environment

This paper proposes a new methodological pattern to assess the effectiveness of Order Review and Release (ORR) techniques in a job shop environment. The standpoint for this new method lies in the following remarks: (i) comparisons among ORR models should be performed in dynamic and uncertain environments; (ii) ORR techniques robustness toward the shop uncertainty and perturbations should be considered; and (iii) ORR models should be compared by changing their features one at a time, instead of comparing completely different ORR techniques. Consistently, we present a comparison among three ORR models, previously developed in literature, aimed at investigating: (i) the impact of a dynamic and uncertain environment on the performances achieved; (ii) the robustness of these ORR models when facing some environmental perturbations, like the system workload, the mix imbalance, the machine unavailability and the processing time variability, that usually take place in real life job shops; and (iii) the overall eff...

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