| Week | Date | Topics | Reading | HW assigned | HW due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/21, 1/23 | Introduction, Administration, examples of scheduling problems, role of scheduling, classification of scheduling problems, complexity, Single machine problems | Chapters 1, 2, 3 | HW 1 | - |
| 2 | 1/28, 1/30 | Single machine problems: simple dispatching rules | Chapter 3 | HW 2 | HW 1 |
| 3 | 2/4, 2/6 | Single machine problems: real-time scheduling, NP-hard scheduling problems, branch-and-bound | Chapter 3, Appendix D, Appendix E | HW 3 | HW 2 |
| 4 | 2/11, 2/13 | Single machine problems: NP-hard scheduling problems, dynamic programming, | Chapter 3, Appendix B | HW 4 | HW 3 |
| 5 | 2/18, 2/20 | Parallel machine problems: minimizing schedule length, Approximations | Chapter 5 | HW 5 | HW 4 |
| 6 | 2/25, 2/27 | Parallel machine problems: precedence constraints, heterogeneous environments | Chapter 5 | HW 6 | HW 5 |
| 7 | 3/3, 3/5 | Parallel machine problems: average completion time; Heuristics | Chapter 5 | HW 6 | |
| 8 | 3/10, 3/12 | Project Scheduling, MIDTERM | - | - | - |
| 9 | 3/24, 3/26 | Project Scheduling, Flow shop scheduling | Chapter 6 | HW 7 | - |
| 10 | 3/31, 4/2 | Flow Shop, Job shop scheduling | Chapter 7 | HW 8 | HW 7 |
| 11 | 4/7, 4/9 | Job Shop Scheduling, | Chapter 14, 15, | HW 9 | HW 8 |
| 12 | 4/14, 4/16 | Scheduling in Transportation, Energy Scheduling | Chapter 9, 10 | HW 10 (do not hand in) | HW 9 |
| 13 | 4/21, 4/23 | Stochastic models, Nuclear Weapons Scheduling | |||
| 14 | 4/28, 4/30 | Exam 2 | - | - | |
| Student presentations. | To be scheduled. Probably 5/3 or 5/4. |