Operations scheduling in job-shops /

"adding-on" the material handling activities. The

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Srinivasan, Anand, 1973-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:"adding-on" the material handling activities. The
(1) by solving the complete scheduling problem
an automated or semi-automated job-shop system, where
as a machine scheduling problem, neglecting the material
by two approaches in the same solution computing time -
computing time, or in producing a better solution in a
directly, and (2) by solving the simplified machine
experiments. It is concluded that the approach of
for the complete problem.
given time. In this thesis the complete operations
handling tasks that effect transfer from one processing
machine to another. This has helped in reducing the
material handling appears to be better (on average) than
parts with various routings contend for service on the
relative performance of the two approaches is studied by
resources in the system. The classical job-shop
schedule for a job-shop scheduling problem is generated
scheduling problem and using its solution to generate
scheduling problem has usually been solved in literature
size of the problem and in decreasing the solution
solving the complete scheduling problem including
solving the truncated problem and generating a solution
testing a suitable hypothesis using results from various
the solution to the complete scheduling problem by
This thesis is in the area of operations scheduling in
Item Description:"Major subject: Industrial Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:vii, 142 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 69-72.