Table of contents
JOB: An Instructive Job Shop Scheduling Environment
James M. Pruett, Andreas SchartnerDescribes the scheduling problem and JOB, then presents anextensive job shop scheduling session in which a variety of schedulingproblems are encountered and overcome using JOB′s…
Dispatching Procedures for a Flexible Manufacturing Cell in Constant Production Circumstances
Yohanan Arzi, Yaakov RollReports development and simulation of real‐time dispatchingprocedures, for flexible manufacturing cells (FMCs) in constantproduction circumstances, where a fixed set of part types…
Evaluating Lot‐sizing Performance in Multi‐level MRP Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Performance Measures
Chrwan‐jyh HoPast research in examining the performance of alternativelot‐sizing rules has focused on the total cost of inventory carryingcost and set‐up cost. Although this cost‐related…
Project Scheduling Problems: A Survey
Oya Icmeli, S. Selcuk Erenguc, Christopher J. ZappeA survey of project scheduling problems since 1973 limited to workdone specifically in the project scheduling area (although severaltechniques developed for assembly line…
Identifying Economic Order Quantities Using Genetic Algorithms
David John Stockton, Liam QuinnThe ability of traditional economic order quantity (EOQ) models tosuccessfully determine optimum purchase and process batch sizes hasdeclined in recent years. These models are…
On the Constrained Multi‐item Single‐period Inventory Problem
M. Ben‐Daya, Abdul RaoufDevelops a procedure for solving the single period multi‐iteminventory problem having budgetary and space constraints. The proposedprocedure is simple to implement and allows easy…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen