Expert systems in production planning and scheduling: A state-of-the-art survey
Journal of Intelligent ManufacturingPublished 1 August 2002Open access
Kostas Metaxiotis, Dimitris Askounis, John Psarras
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A state-of-the-art review of the use of ESs in the field of production planning and scheduling, which presents famous expert systems known in the literature and current applications, analyzes the relative benefits and concludes by sharing thoughts and estimations on ESs future prospects.
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Intelligent solutions, based on expert systems, to solve problems in the field of production planning and scheduling are becoming more and more widespread nowadays. Especially the last decade has witnessed a growing number of manufacturing companies, including glass, oil, aerospace, computers, electronics, metal and chemical industries - to name just a few - interested in the applications of expert systems (ESs) in manufacturing. This paper is a state-of-the-art review of the use of ESs in the field of production planning and scheduling. The paper presents famous expert systems known in the literature and current applications, analyzes the relative benefits and concludes by sharing thoughts and estimations on ESs future prospects in this area.
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