Scheduling theory has received a growing interest since its origins in the second half of the 20th century. Developed initially for the study of scheduling problems with a single objective, the theory has been recently extended to problems involving multiple criteria. However, this extension has...

1. Multiagent Scheduling Fundamentals -- 2. Problems, Algorithms and Complexity -- 3. Single Machine Problems -- 4. Batching Scheduling Problems -- 5. Parallel Machine Scheduling Problems -- 6. Scheduling Problems with Variable Job Processing Times -- References.