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Symposium on the Theory of Scheduling and Its Applications

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1973

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Editors:
  1. Salah E. Elmaghraby

    1. Grad. Program in Operations Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (LNE, volume 86)

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Survey Papers

    1. A Critique of Project Planning with Constrained Resources

      • G. E. Bennington, L. F. McGinnis
      Pages 1-28

    2. Sequencing Research and the Industrial Scheduling Problem

      • S. S. Panwalkar, R. A. Dudek, M. L. Smith
      Pages 29-38

  3. Applications

    1. The Engine Scheduling Problem in a Railway Network Part I

      • M. Florian, G. Guérin, G. Bushell
      Pages 39-43

    2. Detail Scheduling Models and Systems

      • B. Giffler
      Pages 44-55

    3. A Naval Air Rework Facility Scheduling Problem

      • Christopher Haas, Thom J. Hodgson
      Pages 56-68

    4. Some Scheduling Applications in Chemical Industry

      • T. Prabhakar
      Pages 69-82

    5. A Solution to a Special Class of Flow Shop Scheduling Problems

      • Michael S. Salvador
      Pages 83-91

    6. Two Recent Developments in Scheduling Applications

      • Harry W. Steinhoff Jr.
      Pages 92-108

    7. Toward a Man-Machine Interactive System for Project Scheduling

      • J. D. Wiest
      Pages 109-126

  5. Models of Processes

    1. An Out-of-Kilter Approach for Machine Sequencing Problems

      • Said Ashour, R. G. Parker
      Pages 206-223

    2. Trading Rules for a Decentralized Exchange Economy

      • Gordon H. Bradley
      Pages 224-241

    3. Scheduling with Earliest Start and Due Date Constraints

      • Paul Bratley, Michael Florian, Pierre Robillard
      Pages 242-243

    4. The Scheduling of a Multi-Product Facility

      • Salah E. Elmaghraby, Arup Mallik
      Pages 244-277

    5. The Two-Machine Job-Shop with Exponential Processing Times

      • Hamilton Emmons
      Pages 278-293
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The theory of scheduling is receiving increased emphasis in research and practice for at least three good reasons. F~~t, the management of large scale projects resolves itself, in the final analysis, into problems of scheduling interacting activities subject to limited resources. Second, a great deal of "fat" that used to exist in the past in production, distribution, and service systems is eliminated, thanks to tighter managerial controls in information systems, in financial management, in logistics, and in many other facets of industrial enterprises and military installations. Tighter scheduling methods are therefore called for. Thi~d, the study of scheduling problems involves the study of combina­ torial problems and optimization over discrete spaces which represent a radical, and interesting, departure from classical mathematics. This area of study has attracted a good number of distinguished researchers, engineers as well as mathematicians. There is a serious attempt to apply known number theory, and perhaps develop new theory, that would cope with the new problems. The computer enters the picture in novel and ingenious ways, which has not been possible before; etc. To those workinQ in the area, whether in theory or in practice, progress proceeds at an exhilarating pace, with new mathematical structures and computational approaches being continuously introduced to model and solve the problems in novel, and oftentimes ingenious ways.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Grad. Program in Operations Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

    Salah E. Elmaghraby

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