A Review of the Applicability of OR and
AI Scheduling Techniques in Practice
VCS WIERS
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
(Received February 1996; accepted after revision September 1996)
This paper presents a review of the applicability of scheduling techniques in practice. Both the
operations research and the artificial intelligence research communities have produced a number of
reports on the applicability of techniques, often in isolation from each other, although the problems
encountered seem largely similar in each case. Moreover, studies on the role of humans in production
scheduling are reviewed. Papers that discuss the use of techniques by humans are also discussed. The
paper suggests ways in which the applicability of scheduling techniques might be improved. © 1997
Elsevier Science Ltd
Key words--scheduling, operations research, artificial intelligence, applicability of techniques