A constraint-based scheduler for batch manufacturing

IEEE Expert-Intelligent Systems and their Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Goldman, Robert P ^a   Boddy, Mark S ^a  

^a HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LISP (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

APPROXIMATE REASONING; BATCH MANUFACTURING; CONSTRAINT ENVELOPE SCHEDULING; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; FLOW SHOP MODELS; JOB SHOP MODELS; RESCHEDULING; SCHEDULING MODIFICATION;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0030784099     PISSN: 08859000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/64.577413     Document Type: Article

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