Intelligent scheduling covers various tools and techniques for successfully and efficiently
solving the scheduling problems. In this paper, we provide a survey of intelligent scheduling …

A common way of dynamically scheduling jobs in a manufacturing system is by
implementing dispatching rules. The issues with this method are that the performance of …

Firms currently operate in highly competitive scenarios, where the environmental conditions
evolve over time. Many factors intervene simultaneously and their hard-to-interpret …

Abstract Machine learning is concerned with enabling computer programs automatically to
improve their performance at some tasks through experience. Manufacturing is an area …

The production scheduling problem allocates limited resources to tasks over time and
determines the sequence of operations so that the constraints of the system are met and the …

As mass customization companies grow their business, the amount of custom information
required to run the business increases. This paper proposes an information technology (IT) …

To overcome deficiency in the global capacity of a single dispatching rule, it is vital to select
a dispatching rule in real time for dynamic scheduling. Among the studies addressing the …

This paper discusses review of literature of dynamic scheduling in manufacturing. First, the
problem is defined. The scheduling problems are classified based on the nature of the shop …

Dispatching rules are usually applied to schedule jobs in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
(FMSs) dynamically. Despite their frequent use, one of the drawbacks that they display is …

Intelligent computation refers to intelligence artificially realised through computation. This
chapter reviews six intelligent computation techniques. They are: knowledge-based …