Chapter 1 Exact, Heuristic and Meta-heuristic Algorithms for Solving Shop Scheduling Problems

Chapter 2 Scatter Search Algorithms for Identical Parallel Machine Scheduling Problems

Chapter 3 On the Effectiveness of Particle Swarm Optimization and Variable Neighborhood Descent for the Continuous Flow-Shop Scheduling Problem

Chapter 4 A Dynamical Ant Colony Optimization with Heuristics for Scheduling Jobs on a Single Machine with a Common Due Date

Chapter 5 Deterministic Search Algorithm for Sequencing and Scheduling

Chapter 6 Sequential and Parallel Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithms for Job Shop Scheduling

Chapter 7 Solving Scheduling Problems by Evolutionary Algorithms for Graph Coloring Problem

Chapter 8 Heuristics and meta-heuristics for lot sizing and scheduling in the soft drinks industry: a comparison study

Chapter 9 Hybrid Heuristic Approaches for Scheduling in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

Chapter 10 A Genetic Algorithm for Railway Scheduling Problems

Chapter 11 Modelling Process and Supply Chain Scheduling Using Hybrid Meta-heuristics

Chapter 12 Combining Simulation and Tabu Search for Oil-derivatives Pipeline Scheduling

Chapter 13 Particle Swarm Scheduling for Work-Flow Applications in Distributed Computing Environments