A Comprehensive Framework and Solution Procedure for Dynamic Scheduling in Manufacturing Systems

制造业是加拿大经济中最重要的创造财富的部门。然而，这个非常重要的经济部门正面临激烈的全球竞争。为了在这种竞争环境中取得成功，制造商需要显著提高能力。以设备和自动化为形式的技术一直是提高竞争力的手段。然而，一个同样重要和决定性的竞争力途径是我们组织设施、计划生产和安排运营的方式。生产计划和调度已经成为企业生存的必需品，其重要性怎么强调都不为过。它是一个关键的决策过程，分配有限的资源，随着时间的推移，任务，而大量的时间和活动和资源之间的关系约束得到满足。确实

Manufacturing is the most important wealth-generating sector of the Canadian economy. However, this very important economic sector is facing intense global competitions. To be successful in this competitive climate, manufacturers require significantly improved capabilities. Technology, in the form of equipment and automation, has always been a means to competitiveness. However, an equally important and a determining avenue to competitiveness is the way we organize facilities, plan production and schedule operations. Production planning and scheduling has become a necessity for survival and its importance cannot be overstated. It is a critical decision making process of allocating limited resources to tasks over time, while a large number of time and relationship constraints among the activities and resources are being satisfied. Indeed, it