Multidisciplinary Scheduling: Theory and Applications 1st International Conference, MISTA '03 Nottingham, UK, 13–15 August 2003 Selected Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kendall, Graham (Editor), Burke, Edmund K. (Editor), Petrovic, Sanja (Editor), Gendreau, Michel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Artificial intelligence.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Computer Communication Networks.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

The scheduling research field has been active and expanding for over forty years. In that time, the field has attracted a wealth of international interest from a variety of academic disciplines. This field has been a truly inter-disciplinary research area, with significant scientific advances have c...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of Scheduling
• Is Scheduling a Solved Problem?
• Formulations, Relaxations, Approximations, and Gaps in the World of Scheduling
• Order Scheduling Models: An Overview
• Multi-criteria Scheduling
• Scheduling in Software Development Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms
• Scheduling Unit Execution Time Tasks on Two Parallel Machines with the Criteria of Makespan and Total Completion Time
• Personnel Scheduling
• Task Scheduling Under Gang Constraints
• Scheduling in Space
• Constraint-Based Random Search for Solving Spacecraft Downlink Scheduling Problems
• Scheduling the Internet
• Towards an XML-Based Standard for Timetabling Problems: TTML
• A Scheduling Web Service
• Machine Scheduling
• An O(N log N) Stable Algorithm for Immediate Selections Adjustments
• An Efficient Proactive-Reactive Scheduling Approach to Hedge Against Shop Floor Disturbances
• A Dynamic Model of Tabu Search for the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem
• Bin Packing
• The Best-Fit Rule for Multibin Packing: An Extension of Graham’s List Algorithms
• Educational Timetabling
• Case-Based Initialisation of Metaheuristics for Examination Timetabling
• An Investigation of a Tabu-Search-Based Hyper-Heuristic for Examination Timetabling
• Sports Scheduling
• Round Robin Tournaments with One Bye and No Breaks in Home-Away Patterns Are Unique
• Transport Scheduling
• Rail Container Service Planning: A Constraint-Based Approach
• Rule-Based System for Platform Assignment in Bus Stations
• Measuring the Robustness of Airline Fleet Schedules.