Description
Book SynopsisPresents developments in theory, methodology and technique in the field of planning and scheduling of production systems. This book aims to promote understanding of the fundamental precepts and their application in practice. It explains what the different approaches are, and how and when they are applied.
Trade ReviewThis book gives a state-of-the-art report on modern approaches to problems of planning, scheduling and control of production systems, and in particular manufacturing systems - Lavoisier
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Logistics composite modeling. Methodology for integrated manufacturing planning and control systems design. Analysis and management approaches for complex production systems. Loading and scheduling a hybrid multiproduct plant via a rule-based planning system. Production control in flexible flowshops: an example from textile manufacturing. The design and operation of flexible manufacturing shops. Constraint logic and its applications in production: an implementation using the Galileo4 language and system. Scheduling methodology: optimization and compu-search approaches I. Compu-search methodologies II: scheduling using genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks. Production scheduling using FACTOR. Author index. Subject index.
