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Book Handbook on Scheduling

Download or read book Handbook on Scheduling written by Jacek Blazewicz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a theoretical and application-oriented analysis of deterministic scheduling problems in advanced planning and computer systems. The text examines scheduling problems across a range of parameters: job priority, release times, due dates, processing times, precedence constraints, resource usage and more, focusing on such topics as computer systems and supply chain management. Discussion includes single and parallel processors, flexible shops and manufacturing systems, and resource-constrained project scheduling. Many applications from industry and service operations management and case studies are described. The handbook will be useful to a broad audience, from researchers to practitioners, graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Book Multiple Criteria Optimization

Download or read book Multiple Criteria Optimization written by Xavier Gandibleux and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The generalized area of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) can be defined as the body of methods and procedures by which the concern for multiple conflicting criteria can be formally incorporated into the analytical process. MCDM consists mostly of two branches, multiple criteria optimization and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). While MCDA is typically concerned with multiple criteria problems that have a small number of alternatives often in an environment of uncertainty (location of an airport, type of drug rehabilitation program), multiple criteria optimization is typically directed at problems formulated within a mathematical programming framework, but with a stack of objectives instead of just one (river basin management, engineering component design, product distribution). It is about the most modern treatment of multiple criteria optimization that this book is concerned. I look at this book as a nicely organized and well-rounded presentation of what I view as ”new wave” topics in multiple criteria optimization. Looking back to the origins of MCDM, most people agree that it was not until about the early 1970s that multiple criteria optimization c- gealed as a field. At this time, and for about the following fifteen years, the focus was on theories of multiple objective linear programming that subsume conventional (single criterion) linear programming, algorithms for characterizing the efficient set, theoretical vector-maximum dev- opments, and interactive procedures.

Book Complexity In Numerical Optimization

Download or read book Complexity In Numerical Optimization written by Panos M Pardalos and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993-07-31 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational complexity, originated from the interactions between computer science and numerical optimization, is one of the major theories that have revolutionized the approach to solving optimization problems and to analyzing their intrinsic difficulty.The main focus of complexity is the study of whether existing algorithms are efficient for the solution of problems, and which problems are likely to be tractable.The quest for developing efficient algorithms leads also to elegant general approaches for solving optimization problems, and reveals surprising connections among problems and their solutions.This book is a collection of articles on recent complexity developments in numerical optimization. The topics covered include complexity of approximation algorithms, new polynomial time algorithms for convex quadratic minimization, interior point algorithms, complexity issues regarding test generation of NP-hard problems, complexity of scheduling problems, min-max, fractional combinatorial optimization, fixed point computations and network flow problems.The collection of articles provide a broad spectrum of the direction in which research is going and help to elucidate the nature of computational complexity in optimization. The book will be a valuable source of information to faculty, students and researchers in numerical optimization and related areas.

Book Handbook on Scheduling

Download or read book Handbook on Scheduling written by Jacek Błażewicz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-12 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a theoretical and application-oriented analysis of deterministic scheduling problems in advanced planning and computer systems. The text examines scheduling problems across a range of parameters: job priority, release times, due dates, processing times, precedence constraints, resource usage and more, focusing on such topics as computer systems and supply chain management. Discussion includes single and parallel processors, flexible shops and manufacturing systems, and resource-constrained project scheduling. Many applications from industry and service operations management and case studies are described. The handbook will be useful to a broad audience, from researchers to practitioners, graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Book Integer Programming and Related Areas

Download or read book Integer Programming and Related Areas written by Rabe v. Randow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fields of integer programming and combinatorial optimization continue to be areas of great vitality, with an ever increasing number of publications and journals appearing. A classified bibliography thus continues to be necessary and useful today, even more so than it did when the project, of which this is the fifth volume, was started in 1970 in the Institut fur Okonometrie und Operations Research of the University of Bonn. The pioneering first volume was compiled by Claus Kastning during the years 1970 - 1975 and appeared in 1976 as Volume 128 of the series Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems published by the Springer Verlag. Work on the project was continued by Dirk Hausmann, Reinhardt Euler, and Rabe von Randow, and resulted in the publication of the second, third, and fourth volumes in 1978, 1982, and 1985 (Volumes 160, 197, and 243 of the above series). The present book constitutes the fifth volume of the bibliography and covers the period from autumn 1984 to the end of 1987. It contains 5864 new publications by 4480 authors and was compiled by Rabe von Randow. Its form is practically identical to that of the first four volumes, some additions having been made to the subject list.

Book a note on smiths schedule to minimize the weighted sum of completion times with maximum allowable tardiness

Download or read book a note on smiths schedule to minimize the weighted sum of completion times with maximum allowable tardiness written by suresh chand hans m schneeberger and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scheduling Computer and Manufacturing Processes

Download or read book Scheduling Computer and Manufacturing Processes written by Jacek Blazewicz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a clear and concise manner this book provides a theoretical and application oriented analysis of deterministic scheduling problems arising in computer and manufacturing environments. Various scheduling problems are discussed where different problem parameters such as task processing times, urgency weights, arrival times, deadlines, precedence constraints, and processor speed factor are involved. Polynomial and exponential time optimization algorithms as well as approximation and heuristic approaches are presented and discussed. Moreover, resource-constrained, imprecise computation, flexible flow shop and dynamic job shop scheduling, as well as flexible manufacturing systems, are considered. An excellent analysis based on real-world applications with plenty of examples.

Book Multicriteria Scheduling

Download or read book Multicriteria Scheduling written by Vincent T'Kindt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scheduling and multicriteria optimisation theory have been subject, separately, to numerous studies. Since the last twenty years, multicriteria scheduling problems have been subject to a growing interest. However, a gap between multicriteria scheduling approaches and multicriteria optimisation field exits. This book is an attempt to collect the elementary of multicriteria optimisation theory and the basic models and algorithms of multicriteria scheduling. It is composed of numerous illustrations, algorithms and examples which may help the reader in understanding the presented concepts. This book covers general concepts such as Pareto optimality, complexity theory, and general method for multicriteria optimisation, as well as dedicated scheduling problems and algorithms: just-in-time scheduling, flexibility and robustness, single machine problems, parallel machine problems, shop problems, etc. The second edition contains revisions and new material.

Book Scheduling in Computer and Manufacturing Systems

Download or read book Scheduling in Computer and Manufacturing Systems written by Jacek Blazewicz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a joint Gennan-Polish project which has been partially sup ported by the Committee for Scientific Research 1 and the Deutsche Forschungsge meinschaft2. We appreciate the help of both institutions. The planning and preparation of the manuscript was an iterative and rather lengthy process which we had to stop at a certain stage, but it does not mean that we were fully satisfied with the output. Thus, comments and improvements will be appreciated. In the meantime we would like to thank many colleagues who already discussed with us different topics presented in the book. We are not able to list all of them but we would like to express our special gratitude toward Peter Brucker, Gerd Finke, Adam Janiak, Wieslaw Kubiak, Kathryn Stecke, and Dominique de Werra. As to the technical help in preparing the manuscript our thanks are due to Barbara Blarewicz, Brigitte Ecker, Maria Kaminska, and Brigitte Sand, especially for their typing efforts.

Book Real Time Computing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander D. Stoyenko
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-12-14
  • ISBN : 3642880495
  • Pages : 774 pages

Download or read book Real Time Computing written by Alexander D. Stoyenko and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATO's Division of Scientific and Environmental Affairs sponsored this Advan ced Study Institute because it was felt to be timely to cover this important and challengjng subject for the first time in the framework of NATO's ASI programme. The significance of real-time systems in everyones' life is rapidly growing. The vast spectrum of these systems can be characterised by just a few examples of increasing complexity: controllers in washing machines, air traffic control systems, control and safety systems of nuclear power plants and, finally, future military systems like the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The import ance of such systems for the well-being of people requires considerable efforts in research and development of highly reliable real-time systems. Furthermore, the competitiveness and prosperity of entire nations now depend on the early app lication and efficient utilisation of computer integrated manufacturing systems (CIM), of which real-time systems are an essential and decisive part. Owing to its key significance in computerised defence systems, real-time computing has also a special importance for the Alliance. The early research and development activities in this field in the 1960s and 1970s aimed towards improving the then unsatisfactory software situation. Thus, the first high-level real-time languages were defined and developed: RTL/2, Coral 66, Procol, LTR, and PEARL. In close connection with these language develop ments and with the utilisation of special purpose process control peripherals, the research on real-time operating systems advanced considerably.

Book Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving  SocProS 2012   December 28 30  2012

Download or read book Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving SocProS 2012 December 28 30 2012 written by B. V. Babu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 1529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is based on the research papers presented in the International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2012), held at JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, India. This book provides the latest developments in the area of soft computing and covers a variety of topics, including mathematical modeling, image processing, optimization, swarm intelligence, evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy logic, neural networks, forecasting, data mining, etc. The objective of the book is to familiarize the reader with the latest scientific developments that are taking place in various fields and the latest sophisticated problem solving tools that are being developed to deal with the complex and intricate problems that are otherwise difficult to solve by the usual and traditional methods. The book is directed to the researchers and scientists engaged in various fields of Science and Technology.

Book Mathematical Programming for Industrial Engineers

Download or read book Mathematical Programming for Industrial Engineers written by Mordecai Avriel and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-05-16 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting out to bridge the gap between the theory of mathematical programming and the varied, real-world practices of industrial engineers, this work introduces developments in linear, integer, multiobjective, stochastic, network and dynamic programing. It details many relevant industrial-engineering applications.;College or university bookstores may order five or more copies at a special student price, available upon request from Marcel Dekker, Inc.

Book Naval Research Logistics Quarterly

Download or read book Naval Research Logistics Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stochastic Local Search

Download or read book Stochastic Local Search written by Holger H. Hoos and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2005 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stochastic local search (SLS) algorithms are among the most prominent and successful techniques for solving computationally difficult problems. Offering a systematic treatment of SLS algorithms, this book examines the general concepts and specific instances of SLS algorithms and considers their development, analysis and application.

Book Integer Programming and Related Areas

Download or read book Integer Programming and Related Areas written by Universität Bonn. Institut für Ökonometrie und Operations Research and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-07-10 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fifth volume of a comprehensive bibliography lists all available publications on integer programming and combinatorial optimization from autumn 1984 to the end of 1987. The volume compiles and classifies 5867 new publications by 4680 authors under 50 different subject headings. The listing covers theory and methods of general integer programming and applications of integer programming. This classified bibliography will be an invaluable reference source for mathematicians working in optimization, researchers working on integer programming techniques, and industrial operations research departments. The four earlier volumes were published as "Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems" Vols. 128, 160, 197 and 243.