Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling

This book is about the Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling (IPPS) functions involving various machining environments. Fundamentals are presented, as well as benchmarking programs, to developed IPPS problems. The book is also for both beginners as well as advanced researchers in the field of manufacturing systems.

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Both process planning and scheduling are very important functions of manufacturing, which affect together the cost to manufacture a product and the time to deliver it. This book contains various approaches proposed by researchers to integrate the process planning and scheduling functions of manufacturing under varying configurations of shops. It is useful for both beginners and advanced researchers to understand and formulate the Integration Process Planning and Scheduling (IPPS) problem effectively.



Features










Covers the basics of both process planning and scheduling







Presents nonlinear approaches, closed-loop approaches, as well as distributed approaches







Discuss the outfit of IPPS in Industry 4.0 paradigm







Includes the benchmarking problems on IPPS







Contains nature-algorithms and metaheuristics for performance measurements in IPPS







Presents analysis of energy-efficient objective for sustainable manufacturing in IPPS