Cyclic multiple-robot scheduling with time-window constraints using a critical path approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-162

  Alcaide, David ^a   Chu, Chengbin ^b   Kats, Vladimir ^c   Levner, Eugene ^d   Sierksma, Gerard ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^c LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^d HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical path; Cyclic scheduling; Parametric PERT CPM model; Production transportation process; Robotic scheduling; Time windows

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTS;

CRITICAL PATH; CYCLIC SCHEDULING; PARAMETRIC PERT-CPM MODEL; PRODUCTION TRANSPORTATION PROCESS; ROBOTIC SCHEDULING; TIME WINDOWS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 33751038549     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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