Production and distribution are two parts of importance in supply chains. Yet, seldom
attention is given to an integrated production and distribution in the case of open shop …

Abstract Effectively addressing the Order Acceptance and Production Planning (OAP)
problem is crucial for industrial robot manufacturers, particularly considering the rapid …

In real-life dynamic scheduling systems, the release times of some important and/or urgent
jobs are usually known deterministically or predictably in advance. When making dynamic …

Make-to-order (MTO) is becoming vital for meeting ever-changing customer requirements.
Growing demand for customized items has been linked to a rise in the proportion of MTO …

Abstract The Single-Machine Scheduling Problem (SMSP) serves as the cornerstone of
scheduling theory. Almost all developments in production planning and control were initially …

Since 2000, the field of machine scheduling—an integral part of computer science and
operations research—has seen significant advancements. This paper explores the dynamic …

In the context of labour shortages and an aging population, it is important to support
knowledge transfer from experienced workers. Sometimes, this can be done through …

This paper addresses the traveling salesman problem with job-times (TSPJ). TSPJ
considers two sets of equal size, a set of tasks and a set of vertices, where a traveler must …

Single machine scheduling aims at determining the job sequence with the best desired
performance, and provides the basic building block for more advanced scheduling …

The single-batch machine, commonly found in industrial manufacturing, can concurrently
process a group of jobs in variable-speed batches, leading to fluctuating levels of both …