Search-based methods for hard combinatorial optimization are often guided by heuristics.
Tuning heuristics in various conditions and situations is often time-consuming. In this paper …

This paper presents an overview of scheduling research done over the last half century. The
main focus is on what is typically referred to as machine scheduling. The first section …

Scheduling problems are a fundamental aspect of various industries, wherein the effective
allocation of resources and time management play a crucial role in optimizing operational …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the relevance of cyber-physical systems (CPS) in different
manufacturing contexts and to study whether CPS could provide companies with competitive …

This paper addresses the trade-off challenge from reducing either the mean or variance of
flow time when using simple sequencing rules in balanced, multi-class, serial queues. Study …

The aim of this book is to cover various aspects of the Production and Operations Analysis.
Apart from the introduction to basic understanding of each topic, the book will also provide …

Production scheduling is an optimizing problem that can contribute strongly to the
competitive capacity of companies producing goods and services. A way to promote the …

The integration of condition monitoring with queueing systems to support decision making is
not well explored. This paper addresses the impact of condition monitoring of the server on …

We consider a generic deterministic time-invariant fluid model of a polling system, where
several buffers (queues) of infinite sizes receive constant rate inflows of jobs from outside …

The demand of cloud-based services is increasing day by day. To fulfill the seamless
computing demand of consumers, a large number of servers are installed in the datacenters …