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New trends in parallel machine scheduling

Kokin Lam (Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Wenxun Xing (Department of Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN: 0144-3577

Article publication date: 1 March 1997

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Abstract

Reviews some new trends in parallel machine scheduling (PMS). PMS, as an area of research, is governed by questions that arise in production planning, flexible manufacture systems, computer control, etc. The main characteristic of these problems is to optimize an objective, with jobs to be finished on a series of machines with the same function. Gives a short review of new developments in PMS associated with the problems of just‐in‐time (JIT) production, pre‐emption with set‐up, and capacitated machine scheduling. Discusses non‐regular objectives oriented by the JIT concept; pre‐emption with set‐up; capacitated machine scheduling; and relationships between PMS and vehicle routeing problems.

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Lam, K. and Xing, W. (1997), "New trends in parallel machine scheduling", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579710159932

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