This book describes the potentialities of metaheuristics for solving production scheduling problems and the relationship between these two fields. For the past

This book describes the potentialities of metaheuristics for solving production scheduling problems and the relationship between these two fields. For the past

The scope of this book is limited to heuristics, metaheuristics, and approximate methods and algorithms as applied to planning and scheduling problems. While it

During the past decades scheduling has been among the most studied op- mization problemsanditisstillanactiveareaofresearch!Schedulingappears in many areas of sc

This book discusses the main techniques and newest trends to manage and optimize the production and service systems. The book begins by examining the three main