Planning and Scheduling Optimization

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; benchmark; Box-Behnken design (BBD); building material distributors; central composite design (CCD); competitive hub location problem; crow search; customer service level; cyber-physical production systems; differential evolution algorithm; discounted cash flow maximization; distribution centers; energy; flexible job shop problem; food systems; forecasting; genetic algorithm; Hadi-Vencheh model; heuristic; hospital catering; identical parallel machines; incomplete networks; injection molding; intelligent manufacturing systems; intermodal transportation; inventory management; iterated local search algorithm; local search method; logistic systems; maintenance scheduling; manufacturing scheduling; mathematical model; mathematical programming; maximum completion time; metaheuristics; milestones payments; minimum completion time; mixed integer program; mixed integer programming; multi-criteria optimization; multiple criteria ABC inventory classification; multiple flexible job shop scheduling; n/a; network design; non-linear programming; nonlinear weighted product model; normalized sum of square for workload deviations; oil and gas supply chain; operation planning; operation sequencing; optimal cost; order picking; order planning; particle swarm optimization algorithm; planning; postman delivery; precedence constraints; priority rules; process planning; product family; production control; production scheduling; resource-constrained project scheduling problem; rural development; scheduling; scheduling requirements; simulated annealing; simulated annealing algorithm; simulation optimization; SKU; slotting; smart health care systems; smart manufacturing; stackability; storage strategies; supply chain optimization; terminal location; vehicle routing problem; warehouses; wave planning; workload balancing
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Although planning and scheduling optimization have been explored in the literature for many years now, it still remains a hot topic in the current scientific research. The changing market trends, globalization, technical and technological progress, and sustainability considerations make it necessary to deal with new optimization challenges in modern manufacturing, engineering, and healthcare systems. This book provides an overview of the recent advances in different areas connected with operations research models and other applications of intelligent computing techniques used for planning and scheduling optimization. The wide range of theoretical and practical research findings reported in this book confirms that the planning and scheduling problem is a complex issue that is present in different industrial sectors and organizations and opens promising and dynamic perspectives of research and development.