Introductory remarks -- 1: Alphabetical list of references -- 2: Classification of publications (author’s name, date of the year) -- Plant or public location on networks -- Plant layout (discrete models) -- Continuous location and plant layout models -- Some other sources.

When scheduling involves batching decisions as well, e. g. in the presence of (sequence dependent) setup times, difficult problems arise. The book presents a problem classification in the area of batching (including multi-level and parallel machine problems) and develops several exact and...