Optimal Stochastic Scheduling

• Main Authors: Cai, Xiaoqiang (Author), Wu, Xianyi (Author), Zhou, Xian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 207
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.

Many interesting and important results on stochastic scheduling problems have been developed in recent years, with the aid of probability theory. This book provides a comprehensive and unified coverage of studies in stochastic scheduling. The objective is two-fold: (i) to summarize the elementary mo...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts
• Regular Performance Measures
• Irregular Performance Measures
• Stochastic Machine Breakdowns
• Optimal Stopping Problems
• Multi-armed Bandit Processes
• Dynamic Policies
• Stochastic Scheduling with Incomplete Information
• Optimal Policies in Time-varying Scheduling
• More Stochastic Scheduling Models.                                                                                             .