8 Best Books on Industrial Scheduling

We have compiled a list of the Best Reference Books on Industrial Scheduling, which are used by students of top universities, and colleges. This will help you choose the right book depending on if you are a beginner or an expert. Here is the complete list of Industrial Scheduling Books with their authors, publishers, and an unbiased review of them as well as links to the Amazon website to directly purchase them. If permissible, you can also download the free PDF books on Industrial Scheduling below.

 
1."Introduction to Sequencing and Scheduling" by K R Baker
“Introduction to Sequencing and Scheduling” Book Review: This fully updated and revised book is based on the fundamentals of scheduling theory and covers a wide range of topics. It includes stochastic scheduling, such as the scheduling of safety time and the use of simulation for optimization extensions of the basic model, parallel-machine models, flow shop scheduling, scheduling groups of jobs, the job shop problem, simulation models for the dynamic job shop, network methods for project scheduling, resource-constrained project scheduling, and stochastic and safe scheduling. Each topic clearly explains its key concepts, methods, and results, and the book features many modeling techniques, applications, and real-world examples of scheduling theory.

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2."Machine Scheduling Problems, Classification, Complexity and Computations" by A H G Rinnooy Kan
“Machine Scheduling Problems, Classification, Complexity and Computations” Book Review: This book extensively discusses problems that arise during the processing of jobs in machines, and its content is a result of thorough research, making it a comprehensive piece of writing that covers vast theory. It provides clear explanations of algorithms and solution processes for many problems and their subclasses. The book analyzes many assumptions, economic significance of optimality criteria, applications, and the results of various experiments, and highlights many models.

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3."Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook" by Doc Palmer and Richard Palmer
“Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook” Book Review: This book broadly covers the principles of planning and scheduling, including improved work order planning, the implementation of a new maintenance planning group, or the redirection of an existing one, and strategies for increasing your workforce without hiring. It also contains chapters with critical cautions for implementation, patches, major upgrades, testing, training, and the potential benefits and risks of outsourcing plants. To enhance the explanation of maintenance planning, the book illustrates many processes and problems.

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4."Just-In-Time Scheduling" by Joanna Jzefowska
“Just-In-Time Scheduling” Book Review: This book primarily targets engineers, computer scientists, science researchers, and practitioners, but it is also useful for readers who wish to deepen their knowledge of scheduling problems and methods. It presents algorithms and a summary of theoretical work on computer systems models and just-in-time scheduling, and explains all stages and applications of scheduling. The topics, problems, and models explained in this book are applicable to the real world.

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5."Schedule-Based Modeling of Transportation Networks: Theory and Applications" by Nigel H M Wilson and Agostino Nuzzolo
“Schedule-Based Modeling of Transportation Networks: Theory and Applications” Book Review: The role of schedules in transportation networks is highlighted in this book, which maintains a balance between theoretical and practical concepts. It features new models to support network design, timetable setting, the investigation of congestion effects, and new technologies. The book contains explanations of many recently developed and still developing models in the field of transportation networks.

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6."Behavioral Operations in Planning and Scheduling" by Wilson
“Behavioral Operations in Planning and Scheduling” Book Review: This book explains the role and impact of operations in fields like scheduling, planning, and industries, and includes many case studies, collaborative studies, and results. It will be useful for researchers, graduate students, managers, consultants, and system developers who seek to understand how human performance can be advanced.

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7."Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems" by Michael L Pinedo
“Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems” Book Review: The book begins by exploring deterministic scheduling and the associated combinatorial challenges. It then delves into various aspects, including probabilistic scheduling models, real-world scheduling scenarios, system design considerations, and implementation issues. With its comprehensive coverage of theory, algorithms, problems, and applications in scheduling systems, this updated and well-structured text caters to the needs of graduate students, researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners in operations management, operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science. It serves as a valuable resource for gaining insights into the complexities of scheduling and its practical implications.

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8."Process Planning And Scheduling For Distributed Manufacturing" by Lihui Wang and Weiming Shen
“Process Planning And Scheduling For Distributed Manufacturing” Book review: This book is based on technologies and intelligent decision-making in process planning and dynamic scheduling. It contains information about adaptive process planning, dynamic scheduling, and process planning and scheduling integration. Techniques like function block-enabled process planning and agent-based resource scheduling are mentioned, and the book includes many problems and exercises with their respective solutions. It will introduce readers to all the recent developments and research in this field.

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