Scheduling: Algorithms and Applications
This special issue belongs to the section "Combinatorial Optimization, Graph, and Network Algorithms".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit your latest research in the area of the development of scheduling algorithms to this Special Issue, “Scheduling: Algorithms and Applications”. We are looking for innovative approaches for solving scheduling problems or interesting applications in the scheduling area. High-quality papers are solicited to address both theoretical and practical scheduling aspects. Submissions are welcome both for traditional scheduling problems and new applications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, single-criterion and multi-criteria scheduling problems with additional constraints such as e.g. setup times/costs, precedence constraints, batching/lot sizing, resource constraints, as well as scheduling algorithms for problems arising in emerging applications, such as healthcare, transport, and energy management.
Prof. Dr. Frank Werner
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enumerative scheduling algorithms
- approximate scheduling algorithms
- online algorithms
- scheduling heuristics, metaheuristics, matheuristics and evolutionary algorithms
- complexity of scheduling algorithms
- algorithms for multi-criteria scheduling
- scheduling in manufacturing systems
- scheduling algorithms for supply chains
- scheduling algorithms for problems in logistics, transport, timetabling, healthcare, and energy management
- resource-constrained project scheduling problems
- assembly line balancing and scheduling
- railway scheduling
- agent-based scheduling
- scheduling under uncertainty
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Published Papers
Algorithms - ISSN 1999-4893