A knowledge-based online workflow scheduling system

Workflow scheduling plays a vital role in advanced manufacturing, and it deserves research efforts to warrant further improvement. This paper proposes an intelligent workflow scheduling system (iWFSS) to integrate information, processes, and knowledge into a unified framework that provides a total solution to online scheduling. The iWFSS consists of an information system, a workflow system, and a scheduling system brought together by an integrated platform for rapid construction of domain-specific workflow scheduling systems. A knowledge representation schema and inference algorithms are designed for scheduling decisions.The International Conference on Computer and Industrial Management (ICIM), Bangkok, Thailand, 29-30 October 2005. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer and Industrial Management, 200