" The book deals with so-called temporal project scheduling with schedule-dependent time
windows.… Overall, the book has produced a fairly comprehensive and well-organized …

Genetic algorithms, which are robust general-purpose optimization techniques, have been
used to solve the inverse kinematics problem for redundant robots. A genetic algorithm (GA) …

A new and simple general mathematical formulation for scheduling multipurpose plants
involving batch and/or continuous processes, based on the resource− task network (RTN) …

This work addresses the problem of crude oil inventory management of a real-world refinery
that receives several types of oil that are delivered through a pipeline. The problem involves …

In this paper we present a multi-period mixed integer linear programming model for the
simultaneous planning and scheduling of single-stage multi-product continuous plants with …

This paper presents a new multiple-time-grid, continuous-time mixed-integer linear program
(MILP) model for the short-term scheduling of multistage, multiproduct plants. It can handle …

Multiproduct pipeline is one of the major ways to connect the large refineries and the
consumer markets. The primary task of a pipeline operator is to make scheduling plans …

The problem of short-term scheduling of multiproduct and multipurpose batch plants has
received significant attention in the literature compared to the problem of short-term …

In this paper, we consider the problem of medium-term planning of single-stage continuous
plants with a single processing unit that manufactures several products over a planning …

In this work, we describe a framework for short-term and medium-term scheduling of a large-
scale industrial continuous plant. For medium-term scheduling, two sub-problems are solved …