A Production Scheduling Model by Bivalent Linear Programming

The paper focuses on multi-stage production systems. If such a system is of the more general type than a production line and many products have to be manufactured according to different technological sequence restrictions then two problems arise: (1) scheduling and (2) sequencing. The formulation of that problem requires the simultaneous consideration of the scheduling and sequencing aspect. The paper integrates these two functions into one single model using zero-one programming.