Scheduling in Computer & Manufacturing Systems

Summary

During the week of May 15 - 19, 1995, the Seminar on Scheduling in Computer and Manufacturing Systems was organized by Jacek Blazewicz (Politechnika Poznanska, Poland) and Klaus Ecker (Technical University of Clausthal, Germany). Participants came from Universities or Research Centers from Austria (1), Belarus (2), Belgium (1), Canada (2), France (8), Germany (12), The Netherlands (3), Poland (7), Switzerland (1), and USA (4).

Altogether 39 lectures covered a large area of scheduling problems with various aspects of scheduling, both in algorithmic approaches and applications. Areas of particular interest were task scheduling under consideration of communication and shop problems.

The participants appreciated the outstanding local organization and the environment including all Dagstuhl facilities which not least enabled a successful workshop.