Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems

Description

This new edition provides an up-to-date coverage of important theoretical models in the scheduling literature as well as  significant scheduling problems that occur in the real world. It again includes supplementary  material in the form of  slide-shows from industry and movies that show  implementations of scheduling systems. The main structure of the book as per previous edition consists of three parts. The first part focuses on deterministic scheduling and the related combinatorial problems. The second part covers probabilistic scheduling models; in this part it is assumed that processing times  and other problem data are random and not known in advance. The third part deals with scheduling in practice;  it covers heuristics that are popular with practitioners  and discusses system design and implementation issues.   All three parts of this  new edition have been revamped  and streamlined.  The references have been made completely up-to-date.  Theoreticians and practitioners alike will find this book of interest. Graduate students in operations management, operations research, industrial engineering,  and computer science will find the book an accessible and invaluable resource. Scheduling - Theory, Algorithms, and Systems  will  serve as an essential reference for professionals  working on scheduling problems  in manufacturing,  services, and other environments Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introduction....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Deterministic Models: Preliminaries....Pages 13-32 Single Machine Models (Deterministic)....Pages 33-69 Advanced Single Machine Models (Deterministic)....Pages 71-111 Parallel Machine Models (Deterministic)....Pages 113-150 Flow Shops and Flexible Flow Shops (Deterministic)....Pages 151-181 Job Shops (Deterministic)....Pages 183-220 Open Shops (Deterministic)....Pages 221-242 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Stochastic Models: Preliminaries....Pages 245-263 Single Machine Models (Stochastic)....Pages 265-291 Single Machine Models with Release Dates (Stochastic)....Pages 293-317 Parallel Machine Models (Stochastic)....Pages 319-348 Flow Shops, Job Shops and Open Shops (Stochastic)....Pages 349-372 Front Matter....Pages 373-373 General Purpose Procedures for Deterministic Scheduling....Pages 375-398 More Advanced General Purpose Procedures....Pages 399-429 Modeling and Solving Scheduling Problems in Practice....Pages 431-458 Design and Implementation of Scheduling Systems: Basic Concepts....Pages 459-483 Design and Implementation of Scheduling Systems: More Advanced Concepts....Pages 485-508 Examples of System Designs and Implementations....Pages 509-544 What Lies Ahead?....Pages 545-554 Back Matter....Pages 555-670