| Week | Date | Topics | Reading | HW assigned | HW due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/19, 1/21 | Introduction, Administration, examples of scheduling problems, role of scheduling, classification of scheduling problems, complexity, Single machine problems | Chapters 1, 2, 3 | HW 1 | - |
| 2 | 1/26, 1/28 | Single machine problems: simple dispatching rules | Chapter 3 | HW 2 | HW 1 |
| 3 | 2/2, 2/4 | Single machine problems: real-time scheduling, NP-hard scheduling problems, branch-and-bound | Chapter 3, Appendix D, Appendix E | HW 3 | HW 2 |
| 4 | 2/9, 2/11 | Single machine problems: NP-hard scheduling problems, dynamic programming, approximations | Chapter 3, Appendix B | HW 4 | HW 3 |
| 5 | 2/16, 2/18 | Parallel machine problems: minimizing schedule length | Chapter 5 | HW 5 | HW 4 |
| 6 | 2/23, 2/25 | Parallel machine problems: precedence constraints, heterogeneous environments | Chapter 5 | HW 6 | HW 5 |
| 7 | 3/1, 3/3 | Parallel machine problems: average completion time | Chapter 5 | HW 6 | |
| 8 | 3/8, 3/10 | Project Scheduling, MIDTERM | - | - | - |
| 9 | 3/22, 3/24 | Project Scheduling, Heuristics, Flow shop scheduling | Chapter 6 | HW 7 | - |
| 10 | 3/29 , 3/31 | Flow Shop, Job shop scheduling | Chapter 7 | HW 8 | HW 7 |
| 11 | 4/5 4/7 | Job Shop Scheduling, Scheduling in Transportation | Chapter 14, 15, | HW 9 | HW 8 |
| 12 | 4/12, 4/14 | Stochastic models | Chapter 9, 10 | HW 10 | HW 9 |
| 13 | 4/19, 4/21 | Energy Scheduling, Nuclear Weapons Scheduling | HW 10 | ||
| 14 | 4/26, 4/28 | Student presentations | - | - | |
| Final | TBA |