This volume offers a comprehensive overview of architectures, languages, methods, and techniques for analysing, modelling, and constructing information systems in organisations. Numerous approaches are surveyed coming from computer science, information systems, and business administration among...

Introduction -- Basics -- Definition, Analysis and Classification of Scheduling Problems -- Scheduling on One Processor -- Scheduling on Parallel Processors -- Communication Delays and Multiprocessor Tasks -- Scheduling in Hard Real-Time Systems -- Flow Shop Scheduling -- Open Shop Scheduling --...