Planning and Scheduling in Manufacturing and Services

Introduction.- Manufacturing Models.- Service Models.- Project Planning and Scheduling.- Machine Scheduling and Job Shop Scheduling.- Scheduling of Flexible Assembly Systems.- Economic Lot Scheduling.- Planning and Scheduling in Supply Chains.- Interval Scheduling, Reservations, and Timetabling.- Planning and Scheduling in Sports and Entertainment.- Planning, Scheduling, and Timetabling in Transportation.- Workforce Scheduling.- Systems Design and Implementation.- Advanced Concepts in Systems Design.- What Lies Ahead?- Appendix A Mathematical Programming Formulations.- B Exact Optimization Methods.- C Heuristic Methods.- D Constraint Programing Methods.- E Selected Scheduuling Sytems.- F The LEKIN Systems User's Guide.- Notation.- References.- Index.