Scheduling in Engineering, Project, and Production Management

Scheduling in Engineering, Project, and Production Management

This issue presents five papers selected from the 2013 (4th) International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM2013) held in Bangkok, Thailand. Three of the papers deal with scheduling problems faced in project and production management, while the remaining two focus on engineering management issues. Scheduling is a crucial factor in engineering, project, and production management (Pinedo, 2012). Huang et al. applied Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) to develop a resource constraints scheduling model. ACO is frequently used to solve optimization problems (Chandra Mohan and Baskaran, 2012). In the paper, resource constraints are formulated using mathematical equations and optimized using ACO. International test bank data are then used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed model, which provides satisfactory performance with reasonable computational times. Sirikijpanichkul et al. propose a combinatory inputoutput commodity-based approach to estimate truck trips on rural highway networks. The paper highlights the need for a trip scheduling tool especially for rural areas with deteriorated pavement conditions. Their research results could be helpful for rural, agricultural economies which depend on road transport to move crops during harvest seasons.