Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

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From the reviews of the third edition:

"This well-established text covers both the theory and practice of scheduling. … the text covers a wide range of topics, sometimes adopting a theoretical and at other times a more practical approach. The presentation throughout is clear and elegant with plentiful diagrams to assist the student. The book should be very useful to graduate students, instructors and researchers in the field of scheduling and to the wider operations research community." (Andrew Wirth, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2009 e)

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

Efficient scheduling of resources is critical to the proper functioning of businesses in today's competitive environment. Scheduling focuses on theoretical as well as applied aspects of the scheduling of resources. It is unique in the range of problems and issues that it covers. The book consists of three parts. The first part focuses on deterministic scheduling and deals with the combinational problems that arise in deterministic scheduling. The second part covers probabilistic scheduling models. In this part it is assumed that processing times and other problem data are not known in advance with certainty. The third part deals with scheduling in practice. It covers heuristics that are popular with practitioners and also delves into system design and developmental issues. INCLUDES: *Discussion of the basic properties of scheduling models. *Computational as well as theoretical exercises at the end of each chapter. *Thorough examination of numerous applications. *Investigation of the latest developments in the field. *Discussion of future research developments. A software package especially designed for the readers of this text is available free of charge on the web.Known as LEKIN, this system covers most of the machine environments discussed in this book and enables the user to test many of the algorithms and heuristics described. This book is of interest to theoreticians and practitioners alike. Graduate students in operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science will find the book to be an accessible and invaluable resource. Scheduling will serve as an essential reference for professionals working on scheduling problems in manufacturing and computing environments.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 586 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (August 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130281387
• ISBN-13: 978-0130281388
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #992,136 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice book on machine scheduling, October 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and Systems (Hardcover)

Pinedo's book is an excellent reference for almost all problems in machine scheduling. The author is very economic with words and yet the explanations are incredibly clear. I use it for a graduate course in Scheduling that I teach. I often find myself referring to it whenever I need to review some particular class of scheduling problems. There is a chapter on metaheuristics that explains how these methods work - this is a bonus given that the book concentrates on theoretically rigorous methods. What I really like is the fact that step-by-step descriptions of many algorithms are provided, which can be used directly to write computer programs. The interested reader will find results related to structures of many scheduling problems. Overall this is a great book for teaching and research reference purposes. I have read two other texts on scheduling and I must say that this is by far the best.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In a class by itself, October 3, 2008

By	E. Douglas Jensen "Doug Jensen" (Natick, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems (Hardcover)

This book (and its previous two editions) is in a class by itself for scheduling theory. Although it is oriented toward machine scheduling, there is a lot of material that traditional real-time scheduling researchers and practitioners ought to become aware of if they want to move out of their historical niche. There are several other books that are devoted to deterministic scheduling, but this one includes stochastic scheduling -- much of the real world is non-deterministic. The book is well written and easy to read. This edition's new material is especially welcome because the author continues to emphasize the practicality of scheduling theory.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent literature review, Great Theories But... Expensive, December 20, 2000

By	Sarawoot Chittratanawat (Bangkok, THAILAND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and Systems (Hardcover)

Pinedo did an excellent job for compiling the stories of scheduling system. For a new researcher/grad student in scheduling issue, this is the book that you need -before jump to library and search through all journals. The organization is slightly complicate. So readers may need to prepare their study plan before going through the book from cover to cover. I don't own this book, still; just read it from the library. This book deserves 5 or even 6 stars if the price is more affordable. I wish I have it when got a real job after graduation.