Production Planning and Industrial Scheduling

A comprehensive reference for the broad range of problems encountered in the field, this second edition features new information on single machine scheduling, new procedures for common due dates, flowshop problems such as the n-job/m-machine problem, minimizing makespan with total penalty and multiple identical machines, batch scheduling for a limi

Introduction to Scheduling. A Single Machine Scheduling. Other Objectives in Single Machine Scheduling. Flowshop Problems. Parallel Processing and Batch Sequencing. Network-based Scheduling. Job Shop Scheduling. Open Shop Scheduling. Manpower Scheduling. Industrial Sequencing I: Tool Scheduling on NC Machines. Industrial Sequencing II: Electronic-Component Tape Assemblies on a Sequencer. Industrial Sequencing III: Sequencing Feeder for Component Tape Assembly. Maintenance Scheduling in Large Scale Systems.