Heuristic Scheduling Systems
With Applications to Production Systems and Project Management
Published on 10. September 1993
Book
Hardback
720 pages
978-0-471-57819-2 (ISBN)
Description
Reflects exact and heuristic methods of scheduling techniques suitable for creating customized sequencing and scheduling systems for flexible manufacturing, project management, group and cellular manufacturing operations. Summarizes complex computational studies demonstrating how they work in practice. Contains new theories and techniques developed by the author. Includes a software disk to reinforce and practice the methods described.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1142 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-57819-2 (9780471578192)
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Content
Partial table of contents: PRELIMINARIES. Approaches to Scheduling. Book Summary. ONE-MACHINE PROBLEMS. Single Machine: Foundations. Mathematical Solution Methods: New Directions. Single Machine: Timing. MULTI-MACHINE PROBLEMS. Embedded Problems. Parallel Machines/Batch Machines. Shop Routing. FLOW SHOPS AND JOB SHOPS. Scheduling Flow Shops: Makespan. Scheduling Job Shops: Basic Methods. PROJECT SCHEDULING AND MANAGEMENT. Network Project Scheduling. Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling. OTHER ISSUES. Model Extensions. Planning, Scheduling, and Control. Appendices. Index.