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Subject: PhD studentship

Please bring these vacancy to the attention of any students who
you believe might be interested.

PhD STUDENTSHIP IN SCHEDULING
Fuzzy Multicriteria Approaches to Scheduling and Rescheduling Problems
in Uncertain
Environments

School of Mathematical and Information Sciences, Coventry University

1st January, 2002 – 31th December, 2005

Applications are invited for one fully funded PhD studentship, of three
years' duration, to work on an
EPSRC-funded joint project of Coventry University and University of
Nottingham

You will be based in the Control Theory and Applications Centre within
the School of Mathematical and
Information Sciences, Coventry University.

Project Description
In this research project a new methodology for developing automated
production scheduling systems will be
developed, which addresses two important issues: treating various types
of uncertainty that exist in scheduling
problems using fuzzy-logic based techniques, and considering multiple
criteria which describe various
performance measures of schedules. In addition, new fuzzy multicriteria
rescheduling methods will be developed
to be used as a response to various disruptions that can occur in a
manufacturing environment.

This project presents an ambitious multi-disciplinary programme of
research, which will attempt to draw together
the three research themes (scheduling/rescheduling, fuzzy reasoning,
multicriteria decision making) with a
specific aim of successfully tackling difficult, uncertain and dynamic
real-world scheduling problems. It comprises
both theoretical analysis and practical software implementation. The
research will be carried out under the
supervision of Dr Dobrila Petrovic, Professor Keith Burnham, and
Professor Colin Reeves.

Collaborators
The research work will be carried out in collaboration with the
Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning
Research Group (ASAP) at the University of Nottingham, a Denby Pottery
Company Limited from Denby, and a
printing company Sherwood Press from Nottingham.

PhD Studentship
The studentship provides a living allowance at the standard EPSRC rate
(£8,415 per annum) and tuition fees at
the UK/EU student rate. Applicants must hold, or expect to obtain, good
honours degree (or equivalent) in Operational Research, Computer
Science, Engineering or a related discipline. You will have a sound
mathematical and computing knowledge and a willingness to work in a real

industrial environment and as a part
of a team.

Applications
Applicants should send a detailed CV together with the names and
addresses of two referees who can support
their application. Applications should be sent to:

    Miss Suky Sanghera
    School of Mathematical and Information Sciences,
    Coventry University,
    Priory Street
    Coventry CV1 5FB,
    UK

    Or please e-mail your CV to [log in to unmask]

Closing date for applications is 20th September 2002.






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Dr Dobrila Petrovic
Senior Lecturer
Coventry University
School of Mathematical and Information Sciences
Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

Telephone: 44 24 76888766  Fax: 44 24 76888585
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