Job Scheduling with Unfixed Availability Constraints

• Main Authors: LAU, Hoong Chuin, ZHANG, C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Business; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1133; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2132/viewcontent/DSI04_JSUA.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Standard scheduling theory assumes that all machines are continuously available throughout the planning horizon. In many manufacturing and service management situations however, machines need to be maintained periodically to prevent malfunctions. During the maintenance period, a machine is not avail...