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A Review of Production Scheduling

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  • Stephen C. Graves

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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Production scheduling can be defined as the allocation of available production resources over time to best satisfy some set of criteria. Typically, the scheduling problem involves a set of tasks to be performed, and the criteria may involve both tradeoffs between early and late completion of a task, and between holding inventory for the task and frequent production changeovers. The intent of this paper is to present a broad classification for various scheduling problems, to review important theoretical developments for these problem classes, and to contrast the currently available theory with the practice of production scheduling. This paper will highlight problem areas for which there is both a significant discrepancy between practice and theory, and for which the practice corresponds closely to the theory.

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  • Stephen C. Graves, 1981. "A Review of Production Scheduling," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 29(4), pages 646-675, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:29:y:1981:i:4:p:646-675
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.29.4.646
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