Preemption (or the splitting of activities) is a common practice in many project environments,
and has been a standard feature of commercial project management software packages for …

We consider a problem where a firm produces a variety of fresh products to supply two
markets: an export market and a local market. A public transportation service is utilized to …

Machine scheduling concerns about how to optimally allocate the limited resources
(machines available) to process jobs over time. It is a decision-making process that plays a …

We study the maintenance task scheduling problem for an aircraft fleet in an uncertain
environment from the viewpoint of robust optimization. Given a daily horizon, the …

In this paper, we study the modelling and analysis of unreliable M/M/2/K queuing system
under N-and F-policy with multi-optional phase repair and start-up. According to the (N, F) …

Abstract The term Additive Manufacturing (AM) describes a set of novel manufacturing
technologies in which successive layers of matter are formed to create an object, eg, three …

Continuous flow scheduling problems have their place in many industries such as gas, oil,
chemicals, glass and fluids production as well as production of granular goods and steel …

A physical internet-based manufacturing system (π-MS) converts traditionally “dumb” jobs
and machines into interconnected and initiative individuals, undoubtedly enhancing …

In live broadcasting, the break lengths available for commercials are not always fixed and
known in advance (eg, strategic and injury time-outs are of variable duration in live sports …

We consider a make-to-stock system served by an unreliable machine that produces one
type of product, which is sold to customers at one of two possible prices depending on the …