Principles of sequencing and scheduling / Kenneth R. Baker, Dan Trietsch.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

-- Introduction -- Single-machine sequencing -- Optimization methods for the single-machine problem -- Heuristic methods for the single-machine problem -- Earliness and tardiness costs -- Sequencing for stochastic scheduling -- Safe scheduling -- Extensions of the basic model -- Parallel-machine models -- Flow shop scheduling -- Stochastic flow shop scheduling -- Lot streaming procedures for the flow shop -- Scheduling groups of jobs -- The job shop problem -- Simulation models for the dynamic job shop -- Network methods for project scheduling -- Resource-constrained project scheduling -- Safe scheduling for projects -- Appendix A: Practical processing time distributions -- Appendix B: The critical ratio rule -- Appendix C: Integer programming models for sequencing.