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Theory of Scheduling

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ISBN-10: 0486428176

ISBN-13: 9780486428178

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard W. Conway, William L. Maxwell, Louis W. Miller

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This comprehensive text explores the mathematical models underlying the theory of scheduling. Organized according to scheduling problem type, it examines three solution techniques: algebraic, probabilistic, and Monte Carlo simulation by computer. Topics include problems of sequence, measures for schedule evaluation, finite sequencing for a single machine, and further problems with one operation per job. Additional chapters cover flow-shop scheduling, the general n/m job-shop problem, general network problems related to scheduling, selection disciplines in a single-server queuing system, single-server queuing systems with setup classes, multiple-server queuing models, and experimental…    
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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.90" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Problems of Sequence
Questions of "pure" sequence
The job-shop process
A classification of scheduling problems
Measures for Schedule Evaluation
Variables that define a scheduling problem
Variables that describe the solution to a scheduling problem
Performance measures for the shop
The relationship between flow-time and inventory
Costs associated with scheduling decisions
Finite Sequencing for a Single Machine
Permutation schedules
Sequencing according to processing-time
Sequencing according to due-date
Random sequencing
Properties of antithetical rules
SPT sequencing with incomplete information
Sequencing against weighted measures of performance
Sequencing with multiple classes
Further Problems with One Operation per Job
Sequence-dependent setup-times
A "branch-and-bound" algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem
Solution of the traveling-salesman problem by dynamic programming
The "closest-unvisited-city" algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem
Intermittent job arrivals
Required precedence among jobs
Required strings of jobs
General precedence constraints
Parallel machines
Flow-Shop Scheduling
Permutation schedules
Minimizing maximum flow-time in a two-machine flow-shop
Minimizing mean flow-time in a two-machine flow-shop
The three-machine flow shop
Sequencing in large flow-shops
The General n/m Job-Shop Problem
A graphical description of the problem
The two-machine job-shop problem
The two-job job-shop problem
Integer programming formulation of the job-shop problem
Types of schedules
Generation of schedules
Branch-and-bound approach to the job-shop problem
Examples of schedule generation
Probabilistic dispatching
Heuristic procedures
General Network Problems Related to Scheduling
Critical route analysis
Shortest route determination
Assembly-line balancing problems
Selection Disciplines in a Single-Server Queuing System
Queues with Poisson arrivals
System states
The busy period of a queue with Poisson arrivals
The distribution of flow-time under the first-come, first-served discipline
Selection disciplines that are independent of processing-times
Distribution of number of jobs in the system
The last-come, first-served discipline
The random rule
Nonpreemptive priority and shortest-processing-time disciplines
Nonpreemptive priority disciplines
The shortest-processing-time discipline
Multiple-level nonpreemptive-priority disciplines
Preemptive priority disciplines
Preemptive-resume and preemptive-repeat disciplines
Semi-preemptive priority and shortest-remaining-processing-time disciplines
The due-date rule and related disciplines
The effect of processing-time-dependent disciplines on flow-time
Historical notes
Single-Server Queuing Systems with Setup Classes
Preemptive-resume priorities with preemptive-repeat setup-times for each job
Alternating priority discipline without setup-time
First-come, first-served with setup classes
Alternating-priority disciplines with setup-times
Multiple-Server Queuing Models
State-dependent completion rates; multiple-channel queues
The output of a Poisson-exponential queuing system
Queues in series
General queue networks
Experimental Investigation of the Continuous Job-Shop Process
Experimental conditions and procedures
The reduction of mean queue length and work-in-process inventory
Truncation of the shortest-processing-time rule
SPT sequencing with multiple classes
SPT sequencing with incomplete information
Sequencing against due-dates
Assignment of due-dates
A state-dependent due-date procedure
Investigations of more complex job-shop models
Flexibility in machine selection
Flexibility in operation sequence
Sequencing in an assembly shop
Bibliography
The Laplace-Stieltjes Transform of a Distribution Function
Experimental Results: n/m Job-Shop Problem
Mean flow-time
Maximum flow-time
Mean machine finish-time
Experimental Results: Continuous-Process Job-Shop Problem
Notation used in priority rules
Definition of priority rules for the RAND study
Experimental investigation of priority assignment in a simple, symmetric, random-routed job-shop of 9 machines
Experimental results for a state-dependent due-date procedure in a simple, symmetric, random-routed job-shop of 8 machines
Flexibility in machine selection in a symmetric random-routed job-shop of 9 machines
Flexibility in operation sequence in a symmetric random-routed job-shop of 9 machines
Sequencing in an assembly shop
Index