Natural Intelligence for Scheduling, Planning and Packing Problems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chiong, Raymond (Editor), Dhakal, Sandeep (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 250
• Subjects: Computer science.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Operations Management.; IT in Business.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Scheduling, planning and packing are ubiquitous problems that can be found in a wide range of real-world settings. These problems transpire in a large variety of forms, and have enormous socio-economic impact. For many years, significant work has been devoted to automating the processes of schedulin...