Evaluation of a new human-machine decision support system for group scheduling

The group sequencing method is a proactive reactive scheduling method which aims at bringing flexibility as well as quality. This method is based on a human-machine system allowing to choose in real-time the next operation to perform in a group of permutable operations. In this paper, we propose a new decision support system to improve the cooperation between the human operator and the machine. This new system intends to favor the activity of the operator. To evaluate the pertinence of this new method, an experiment has been conducted. The results show the interest of this new decision support system.