In many production processes real time information may be obtained from process control computers and other monitoring systems, but most existing scheduling models are unable to use this information to effectively influence scheduling decisions in real time. In this paper we develop a general framework for using real time information to improve scheduling decisions, which allows us to trade off...

Although many production scheduling systems are developed, it is difficult to introduce for medium-sized enterprises, because of high cost of initial and maintenance investment. However the functions provided by it, such as available-to-promise under the restrictions of the own process, resource leveling and so on, are required by all of the enterprises to make their profits. The concept of "sp...

• Review of almost 250 papers on production, maintenance and resource scheduling. First survey paper integrated Provides a classification for scheduling resources with production. detailed discussions where the contributions novelties are described. Gaps indicated promising directions further research provided. Production that involves activities constraints plays crucial role in manufacturing ...

In multi-element deposits, different blocks are blended together to create a product with a predetermined quality. Generally, blending aims to obtain a special quality and quantity based on determining the processing plant or customer needs. However, blending causes different products based on the deposit properties. Thus, a block is blended with others to create one of many possible products. ...

Production scheduling deals with scheduling production jobs on a machine (single or multiple) in order to optimise a specific objective such as total weighted completion times or total weighted tardiness. The assumption that machines are always available for processing jobs is generally used in the production scheduling literature. In reality, machines often are unavailable due to preventive ma...