Scheduling theory, algorithms, and systems /

This new edition of the well-established text Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems provides an up-to-date coverage of important theoretical models in the scheduling literature as well as important scheduling problems that appear in the real world. The accompanying website includes supplementa...

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Main Author: Pinedo, Michael,
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2016.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 670 pages) : illustrations.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Supplementary Electronic Material
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Deterministic Models
  • Deterministic Models: Preliminaries
  • Single Machine Models (Deterministic)
  • Advanced Single Machine Models (Deterministic)
  • Parallel Machines Models (Deterministic)
  • Flow Shops and Flexible Flow Shops (Deterministic)
  • Job Shops (Deterministic)
  • Open Shops (Deterministic)
  • Part II Stochastic Models
  • Stochastic Models: Preliminaries
  • Single Machine Models (Stochastic)
  • Single Machine Models with Release Dates (Stochastic)
  • Parallel Machine Models (Stochastic)
  • Flow Shops, Job Shops and Open Shops (Stochastic)
  • Part III Scheduling in Practice
  • General Purpose Procedures for Deterministic Scheduling
  • More Advanced General Purpose Procedures
  • Modeling and Solving Scheduling Problems in Practice
  • Design and Implementation of Scheduling Systems: Basic Concepts
  • Design and Implementation of Scheduling Systems: More Advanced Concepts
  • Examples of System Designs and Implementations
  • What Lies Ahead?
  • Appendices.