The resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) consists of activities that must be scheduled subject to precedence and resource constraints such that the makespan is minimized. It has become a well-known standard problem in the context of project scheduling which has attracted...

Operations Research ist bei der immer noch zunehmenden Durchdringung betrieblicher und anderer Prozesse durch IT omnipräsent. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Studierende und Praktiker, die keine tiefe mathematische Ausbildung genossen haben, und dennoch die Konzepte und Funktionsweisen der...

Operations Research ist bei der immer noch zunehmenden Durchdringung betrieblicher und anderer Prozesse durch IT omnipräsent. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Studierende und Personen mit Praxiserfahrung, die keine tiefe mathematische Ausbildung genossen haben, und dennoch die Konzepte und...

This paper discusses the scheduling of reefer mechanics at container terminals. Reefer mechanics plug and unplug reefer containers such that due times are met. We outline the resulting scheduling problem and two simple heuristics. Subsequently, we present a simulation model to analyze the...

Approaches to project scheduling under resource constraints are discussed in this book. After an overview of different models, it deals with exact and heuristic scheduling algorithms. The focus is on the development of new algorithms. Computational experiments demonstrate the efficiency of the...

The capacity of a runway system represents a bottleneck at many international airports. The current practice at airports is to land approaching aircraft on a first-come, first-served basis. An active rescheduling of aircraft landing times increases runway capacity or reduces delays. The problem...

Bin packing problems are at the core of many well-known combinatorial optimization problems and several practical applications alike. In this work we introduce a novel variant of an abstract bin packing problem which is subject to a chaining constraint among items. The problem stems from an...