Scheduling with Inserted Idle Time: Problem Taxonomy and Literature Review

John J. Kanet () and V. Sridharan ()
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John J. Kanet: Department of Management, Clemson University, 101 Sirrine Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-1305
V. Sridharan: Department of Management, Clemson University, 101 Sirrine Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-1305

Operations Research, 2000, vol. 48, issue 1, 99-110

Abstract: In the context of production scheduling, inserted idle time (IIT) occurs whenever a resource is deliberately kept idle in the face of waiting jobs. IIT schedules are particularly relevant in multimachine industrial situations where earliness costs and/or dynamically arriving jobs with due dates come into play. We provide a taxonomy of environments in which IIT scheduling is relevant, review the extant literature on IIT scheduling, and identify areas of opportunity for future research.

Keywords: Production/scheduling:; Single; and; multiple; machine; scheduling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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