Due to rapid advances being made in computing technologies, open innovation methods are being used for better managerial forecasting and min-max efficient time for delivering final products to the marketplace. This requires that technology, time, human capital, efficient and sound production...

Appointment scheduling is critical to increasing resource utilization and operational performance in various industry domains, especially healthcare. Costs to care for several serious diseases are projected to grow due to the aging population and rising drug prices. Thus, there is an urgent need...

The Apparent Tardiness Cost (ATC) dispatching rule was initially developed to minimize tardiness in single-machine scheduling problems. ATC extensions have been frequently applied in other production settings, relying heavily on blocking idle machine capacity with a single-machine outlook; this...