An important class of machine scheduling problems is characterized by a no-wait or
blocking production environment, where there is no intermediate buffer between machines …

Abstract Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems are already in widespread use and their
importance for material handling is expected to grow rapidly. The advantages that such …

We address a robotic flow shop scheduling problem where two part types are processed on
each given set of dedicated machines. A single robot moving on a fixed rail transports one …

In this paper, we propose a model for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem (FJSSP) with
transportation constraints and bounded processing times. This is a NP hard problem …

A great deal of work has been done to analyze the problem of robot move sequencing and
part scheduling in robotic flowshop cells. We examine the recent developments in this …

In this survey we review the current complexity status of basic cyclic scheduling models. We
start with the formulations of three fundamental cyclic scheduling problems, namely the …

Fully automated production cells consisting of flexible machines and a material handling
robot have become commonplace in contemporary manufacturing systems. Much research …

We consider a robotic flowshop in which one type of product is to be repeatedly produced,
and where transportation of the parts between the machines is performed by a robot. The …

This paper considers the nonpreemptive scheduling of a given set of jobs on several
identical, parallel machines. Each job must be processed on one of the machines. Prior to …

Production planning and scheduling models arising in automated manufacturing
environments exhibit several features not encountered in models developed for traditional …