Over the past decade, scheduling in grid computing system has been an active research. However, it is still difficult to find an optimal scheduling algorithm to achieve load balancing. Most of the researchers have focus on schedule-based algorithms such as genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization to solve this problem and us e priority rules algorithms as initial schedule in those algo...

Most work on the problem of scheduling computations onto a systolic array is restricted to systems of uniform recurrence equations. In this paper, this restriction is relaxed to include systems of affine recurrence equations. In this broader class, a sufficient condition is given for the system to be computable. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of an affine schedu...

This work introduces a novel MILP formulation for reactive scheduling of multiproduct batch plants to optimally generate updated schedules due to the occurrence of unforeseen events. It can also be used to improve a non-optimal production schedule before it is executed. The approach is based on a continuous-time problem representation that takes into account the schedule in progress, the update...

This paper describes the optimization of maintenance workforce scheduling at Afam power station in Nigeria. The objective is to determine the optimum schedule to satisfy growing maintenance labour requirements with minimum cost and highest efficiency. Three alternative maintenance workforce schedules are compared. The first alternative is to continue with the traditional five-day workweek sched...

Opioid addiction and pain can coexist at the end of life. Clinicians approved for schedule II prescribing by their DEA license can prescribe any schedule II drug in the inpatient and outpatient settings for pain and symptom relief, even if the patient is enrolled in an opioid maintenance program. Clinicians are strongly advised to seek specialist help in these situations (from both pain and add...

Shift work results in a misalignment between circadian timing and the sleep/wake schedule, leading to irregular and poor quality sleep. Inconsistent input from the daily light cycle further interferes with circadian entrainment. It has been hypothesized that scheduling the sleep/dark cycle on the night shift could aid in promoting adaptation to night shift work by facilitating appropriate phase...

In previous work we developed techniques for modeling software development processes quantitatively in terms of development cost, product quality, and project schedule using simulation. This work has predominately been applied to the software project management planning function. The goal of our current work is to develop a “forward looking” approach that integrates metrics with simulation mode...