Whether different types of costs are to be reduced, benefits to be maximized or scarce resources to be managed, scheduling theory provides intelligent methods for practitioners and scientists. The just-in-time (JIT) production philosophy has enriched the classical scheduling theory with models that consider characteristics such as inventory costs, set-up times, lot sizing, or maintenance.

This edited volume considers the specifics of just-in-time systems. It provides knowledge and insights on recent advances in scheduling theory where just-in-time aspects are considered. Contributions on models, theory, algorithms, and applications, that bring the theory up-to-date on the state-of-the-art of JIT systems are presented.

Professionals, researchers and graduate students will find this book useful.

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Part I Just-in-Time Scheduling Systems. -1 Scheduling to Maximize the Number of Just-in-Time Jobs: A Survey. Dvir Shabtay and George Steiner. -2 An Exact Algorithm for the Single-Machine Earliness-Tardiness Scheduling Problem. Shunji Tanaka. -3 Single-machine Scheduling Problems Simultaneous with Deteriorating and Learning Effects under a Deteriorating Maintenance Consideration. Suh-Jenq Yang and Dar-Li Yang. -4 Scheduling Unrelated Parallel Machines with Sequence Dependent Setup Times and Weighted Earliness-Tardiness Minimization. Eva Vallada and Rub´en Ruiz. -5 Mixed-Integer Programming Models for Flowshop Scheduling Problems Minimizing the Total Earliness and Tardiness. D´ebora P. Ronconi and Ernesto G. Birgin. -6 Just-in-Time Scheduling with Equal-Size Jobs. Ameur Soukhal and Nguyen Huynh Toung. -7 No-Wait Scheduling Problems with Batching Machines. A. Oulamara. -Part II Just-in-Time Philosophy: Interaction with Other Areas. -8 Just-in-Time Scheduling in Modern Mass Production Environment. Joanna J´ozefowska. -9 Just-in-Time Planning and Lot-Sizing. Nabil Absi, St´ephane Dauzere-P´eres and Safia Kedad-Sidhoum. -10 Strategic Scheduling Games: Equilibria and Efficiency. -Laurent Gourv`es, J´erome Monnot, and Orestis A. Telelis. -11 Artificial Neural Networks-Based Forecasting: An Attractive Option for Just-in-Time Systems. Mauricio Cabrera-R´os, Mar´a Ang´elica Salazar-Aguilar, Mar´a Guadalupe Villarreal-Marroqu´n, and A´ ngela Patricia Anaya Salazar. -12 Just-In-Time Management of a Building Project in the Middle-East. Low Sui Pheng and Thilini Shiromani Jayawickrama. -13 Analysis of Transient Throughput Rates of Transfer Lines with Pull Systems. Mahmut Ali Go¨kc¸e, M. Cemali Dinc¸er, and M. Arslan O¨ rnek.