Metaheuristics for production scheduling /

• Other Authors: Jarboui, Bassem, Siarry, Patrick, Teghem, Jacques, 1948-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : ISTE ; 2013.; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2013.
• Series: Automation-control and industrial engineering series.
• Subjects: Production scheduling > Data processing.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Production & Operations Management.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Engineering.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.; Electronic books.

This book describes the potentialities of metaheuristics for solving production scheduling problems and the relationship between these two fields. For the past several years, there has been an increasing interest in using metaheuristic methods to solve scheduling problems. The main reasons for this...