Prof. Dr. Christoph Schwindt

Monographs

• C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann (eds.)
  Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 1. International Handbooks on Information Systems.
  Springer, Cham, 2015
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• C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann (eds.)
  Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2. International Handbooks on Information Systems.
  Springer, Cham, 2015
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• M. Morlock, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann, J. Zimmermann (eds.)
  Perspectives on Operations Research: Essays in Honor of Klaus Neumann.
  Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2006
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• C. Schwindt
  Resource Allocation in Project Management.
  Springer, Berlin, 2005
  Rezensionen:
  A. Zilinskas in Interfaces 37, 86-87, 2007
  Ph. Baptiste in Operations Research Letters 35, 139-140, 2006
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Project Scheduling with Time Windows and Scarce Resources, 2. Auflage.
  Springer, Berlin, 2003
  Rezensionen:
  H.K. Alfares in Int J Prod Res 42, 4427, 2004
  J. Xue in J Oper Res Soc 56, 2005
  J. Blazewicz in Zentralblatt MATH 1059, 2005
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• C. Schwindt
  Verfahren zur Lösung des ressourcenbeschränkten Projektdauerminimierungsproblems.
  Shaker, Aachen, 1998
   

Refereed Journals

• B. Alhaji, J. Beecken, R. Ehlers, J. Gertheiss, F. Merz, J. P. Müller, M. Prilla, A. Rausch, A. Reinhardt, D. Reinhardt, C. Rembe, N.-O. Rohweder, C. Schwindt, S. Westphal, J. Zimmermann
  Engineering human-machine teams for trusted collaboration. Big Data and Cognitive Computing 4(4), 35, 2020
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• N. Trautmann, C. Schwindt
  A cyclic approach to large-scale short-term planning in chemical batch production.
  Journal of Scheduling 12, 595-606, 2009
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• F. Ballestin, C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Resource leveling in make-to-order production: Modeling and heuristic solution method.
  International Journal of Operations Research 4, 50-62, 2007
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Scheduling of continuous and discontinuous material flows with intermediate storage restrictions.
  European Journal of Operational Research 165, 495-509, 2005
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• C. Mellentien, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Scheduling the factory pick-up of new cars.
  OR Spectrum 26, 579-601, 2004
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• R. Kolisch, K. Meyer, R. Mohr, C. Schwindt, M. Urmann
  Ablaufplanung für die Leitstrukturoptimierung in der Pharmaforschung.
  Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 73, 825-848, 2003
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Order-based neigborhoods for project scheduling with nonregular objective functions.
  European Journal of Operations Research 149, 325-343, 2003
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Scheduling the production of rolling ingots: Industrial context, model, and solution method.
  International Transactions in Operational Research 10, 547-563, 2003
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Advanced production scheduling for batch plants in process industries.
  OR Spectrum 24, 251-279, 2002.
  Ist ebenfalls erschienen in: Günther, H.-O., van Beek, P. (eds.), Advanced Planning and Scheduling Solutions in Process Industries. Springer, Berlin, 2003, pp. 43-72
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• C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Parametrische Optimierung als Instrument zur Bewertung von Investitionsprojekten.
  Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 72, 593-617, 2002
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt
  Project scheduling with inventory constraints.
  Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 56, 513-533, 2002
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Recent results on resource-constrained project scheduling with time windows: Models, solution methods, and applications.
  Central European Journal of Operations Research 10, 113-148, 2002
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• C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  A steepest ascent approach to maximizing the net present value of projects.
  Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 53, 435-450, 2001
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• B. Franck, K. Neumann, C. Schwindt
  Project scheduling with calendars.
  OR Spektrum 23, 325-334, 2001
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• B. Franck, K. Neumann, C. Schwindt
  Truncated branch-and-bound, schedule construction, and schedule-improvement procedures for resource-constrained project scheduling.
  OR Spektrum 23, 297-324, 2001
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• K. Neumann, H. Nübel, C. Schwindt
  Active and stable project scheduling.
  Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 52, 441-465, 2000
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Batch scheduling in process industries: An application of resource-constrained project scheduling.
  OR Spektrum 22, 501-524, 2000
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt
  A capacitated hierarchical approach to make-to-order production.
  European Journal of Automation 32, 397-413, 1998
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• B. Franck, K. Neumann, C. Schwindt
  A capacity-oriented hierarchical approach to single-item and small-batch production planning using project-scheduling methods.
  OR Spektrum 19, 77-85, 1997
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt
  Activity-on-node networks with minimal and maximal time lags and their application to make-to-order production.
  OR Spektrum 19, 205-218, 1997
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Papers in Proceedings and Collections

• M. Sillus, C. Schwindt
  A time-based schedule-generation scheme for project scheduling with storage resources.
  18^th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling. Ghent, April 6-7, 2022
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• F. Merz, C. Schwindt, S. Westphal, J. Zimmermann
  An auction-based mechanism for the formation and scheduling of heterogeneous human-machine teams.
  In: K. H. Chai, S. K. Moon, R. Jiao, M. Xie (eds.) Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 13-16, 2021, pp. 863-868
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• N. Krippendorff, C. Schwindt
  Control of shared production buffers: A reinforcement learning approach.
  In: K. H. Chai, S. K. Moon, R. Jiao, M. Xie (eds.) Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 13-16, 2021, pp. 703-707 (nominated for Best Paper Award)
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• F. Merz, C. Schwindt, S. Westphal, J. Zimmermann
  A multi-round auction for staff to job assignment under myopic best response dynamics.
  In: T. H. Ho, K. H. Chai, R. Jiao, M. Xie (eds.) Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 14-17, 2020, pp. 1137-1141 (nominated for Best Paper Award)
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• N. Krippendorff, C. Schwindt
  Allocation and management of shared production buffers: Problem formulation and classification scheme.
  Extended Abstracts of the 12th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations SMMSO 2019, pp. 85-87
   
• C. Schwindt
  Termin- und Kapazitätsplanung.
  In: H. Corsten, R. Gössinger, T. S. Spengler (eds.), Handbuch Produktions- und Logistikmanagement in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken. de Gruyter, Berlin und Boston, 2018, pp. 624-645
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• A. Heßler, C. Schwindt
  Markov models for system throughput analysis in warehouse design.
  In: A. Fink, A. Fügenschuh, M. J. Geiger (eds.), Operations Research Proceedings 2016. Springer, Berlin, 2017, pp. 475-480
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• A. Heßler, C. Schwindt
  Throughput analysis of random storage systems operated under the closest eligible location rule.
  In: A. De Meyer, K. H. Chai, R. Jiao, N. Chen, M. Xie (eds.) Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 10-13, 2017, Paper IEEM17-P-0411 (nominated for Best Paper Award)
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• A. Heßler, C. Schwindt
  Throughput analysis of random storage systems: Closest eligible location pays.
  In: T. Bousonville, T. Melo, N. Rezg, F. Vernadat (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management IESM 2017, Saarbrücken, October 11-13, 2017, pp. 44-49.
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• C. Schwindt, T. Paetz
  A serial schedule-generation scheme for preemptive project scheduling problems with generalized precedence relations and regular min-max criteria.
  In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Valencia, April 19-22, 2016, pp. 210-214
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• I. Weiss, C. Schwindt
  The Resource Transfer Problem.
  In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Valencia, April 19-22, 2016, pp. 42-46
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• I. Weiss, C. Schwindt
  The Resource Transfer Problem: Modeling and solving integrated scheduling and routing problems.
  Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Bali, 2016, December 5-7, 2016, Paper IEEM16-P-0272
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• C. Schwindt, T. Paetz
  Continuous Preemption Problems.
  In: C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann (eds.), Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling. International Handbooks on Information Systems, Springer, Berlin, 2015, Chapter 13, pp. 251-295
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• C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Project management and scheduling.
  In: C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann (eds.), Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling. International Handbooks on Information Systems, Springer, Berlin, 2015, pp. xxi-xlvii
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• T. Paetz, C. Schwindt
  Column generation-based lower bounds for resource leveling problems.
  In: T. Fliedner, R. Kolisch, A. Naber (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Munich, March 30-April 2, 2014, pp. 173-176
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• C. Schwindt, T. Haselmann
  The preemptive project scheduling problem with generalized precedence relationships.
  Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Leuven, April 1-4, 2012, pp. 278-281
   
• B. Scholz-Reiter, C. Schwindt, E. M. Frazzon, Th. Makuschewitz
  An approach to negotiation-based alignment of manufacturing and transportation systems along global production networks.
  In: N. A. Duffie (ed.), Proceedings of the 44th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Madison, WI, May 31–June 3, 2011. Omnipress, Madison, WI
   
• B. Scholz-Reiter, C. Schwindt, Th. Makuschewitz, E. M. Frazzon
  An approach for the integration of production scheduling and inter-facility transportation within global supply chains.
  In: M. D. Hanna (ed.), Proceedings of the POMS 21st Annual Conference, Vancouver, May 7-10, 2010, Paper 015-0387
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• C. Schwindt, S. Herrmann, H. Sagebiel
  A closed-loop approach to continuous process scheduling.
  In: Sun, H., Jiao, R., Xie, M. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong, December 8-11, 2009, pp. 1951-1955 (honored with Conference Paper Award)
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• N. Trautmann, R. Fink, H. Sagebiel, C. Schwindt
  A decomposition approach to short-term scheduling of multi-purpose batch processes.
  18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, pp. 157-162
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• S. Herrmann, C. Schwindt
  A heuristic for the short-term planning of multi-purpose continuous plants.
  18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, Paper FP00309
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• N. Trautmann, R. Fink, H. Sagebiel, C. Schwindt
  A MIP/RCPSP decomposition approach to short-term planning in chemical batch production with non-identical parallel processing units.
  In: Helander, M., Xie, M., Jiao, R., Tan, K.C. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 2-5, 2007, pp. 1342-1346 (nominated for Best Paper Award)
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• C. Schwindt, R. Fink, N. Trautmann
  A priority-rule based method for scheduling in chemical batch production.
  In: Helander, M., Xie, M., Jiao, R., Tan K.C. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 2-5, 2007, pp. 1347-51
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• N. Trautmann, C. Schwindt
  Large-scale short-term planning in chemical batch production.
  In: Baptiste, Ph., Kendall, G., Munier-Kordon, A., Sourd, F. (eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications, Paris, August 28-31, 2007, pp. 490-497
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• S. Herrmann, C. Schwindt
  Planning and scheduling continuous operations in the process industries.
  In: Günther, H.-O., Mattfeld, D.C., Suhl, L., (eds.), Management logistischer Netzwerke. Physica, Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 279-299
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Rolling ingots production scheduling.
  Artigues, C., Demassey, S., Néron, E. (eds.), Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling: Models, Extensions, and Applications. ISTE Publishing, London, 2007, Ch. 17, pp. 263-273
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  A cyclic approach to large-scale short-term planning of multi-purpose batch plants.
  In: Morlock, M., Schwindt, C., Trautmann, N., Zimmermann, J. (eds.), Perspectives on Operations Research: Essays in Honor of Klaus Neumann. Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2006, pp. 225-238
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• C. Schwindt, S. Herrmann, N. Trautmann
  A heuristic decomposition method for the short-term planning of continuous plants.
  Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, Posnan, April 26-28, 2006, pp. 313-318
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• Trautmann, N., Schwindt, C.
  A heuristic method for large-scale batch scheduling in the process industries.
  In: Haasis, H.-D., Kopfer, H., Schönberger, J. (eds.), Operations Research Proceedings 2005. Springer, Berlin, 2006, pp. 155-160
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• C. Schwindt, S. Herrmann, N. Trautmann
  Planning and scheduling of multipurpose continuous plants.
  In: Marquardt, W., Pantelides, C. (eds.), 16th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering and 9th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006, pp. 2159-2164
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• N. Trautmann, C. Schwindt
  Priority-rule based scheduling of chemical batch processes.
  In: Marquardt, W., Pantelides, C. (eds.), 16th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering and 9th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006, pp. 2165-2170
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, J. Zimmermann
  Resource-constrained project scheduling with time windows: Recent developments and new applications.
  In: Jozefowska, J., Weglarz, J. (eds.), Perspectives in Modern Project Scheduling. Kluwer, Boston, 2006, pp. 375-407
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• N. Trautmann, C. Schwindt
  A MINLP/RCPSP decomposition approach for the short-term planning of batch production.
  In: Piugjaner, L., Espuna, A. (eds.), 15th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005, pp. 1309-1314
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  A priority-rule based method for batch production scheduling in the process industries.
  In: Ahr, D., Fahrion, R., Oswarld, M., Reinelt, G. (eds.), Operations Research Proceedings 2003. Springer, Berlin, 2004, pp. 111-118
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• K. Gentner, K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Batch production scheduling in the process industries.
  In: Leung, J.Y.T. (ed.), Handbook of Scheduling: Algorithms, Models and Performance Analysis. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2004, pp. 48.1-48.21
   
• C. Schwindt
  Project scheduling with changeover times: A branch-and-bound approach.
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Porto, May 26-28, 2003, pp. 44-52
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Scheduling of rolling ingots production.
  In: Leopold-Wildburger, U., Rendl, F., Wäscher, G. (eds.), Operations Research Proceedings 2002. Springer, Berlin, 2003, pp. 83-88
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• J. Zimmermann, C. Schwindt
  Parametric optimization for the evaluation of investment projects.
  In: Proceedings of the Eight International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, Valencia, April 3-5, 2002, pp. 378-382
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Scheduling continuous material flows.
  In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics, and Factories of the Future, Porto, July 3-5, 2002, pp. 757-764
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• C. Schwindt
  Scheduling of continuous production in process industries.
  In: Proceedings of the Eigth International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, Valencia, April 3-5, 2002, pp. 314-317
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Storage problems in batch scheduling.
  In: Chamoni, P., Leisten, R., Martin, A., Minnemann, J., Stadtler, H. (eds.), Operations Research Proceedings 2001. Springer, Berlin, 2002, pp. 213-217
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• N. Trautmann, C. Schwindt
  Storage problems in process scheduling.
  In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, Porto, July 3-5, 2002, pp. 749-754
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• K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Short-term planning of batch plants in process industries.
  In: Kischka, P., Leopold-Wildburger, U., Möhring, R.H., Radermacher, F.J. (eds.), Models, Methods and Decision Support for Management. Physica, Heidelberg, 2001, pp. 211-226
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• C. Schwindt
  Solution procedures for production planning and detailed scheduling in process industries.
  In: Proceedings of the International conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Québec City, August 20-23, 2001, pp. 271-280
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• C. Schwindt
  Local search for the project scheduling with convex objective functions.
  In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, Osnabrück, April 17-19, 2000, pp. 239-241
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• C. Schwindt
  Minimizing earliness-tardiness costs of resource-constrained projects.
  In: Inderfurth, K., Schwödiauer, G., Domschke, W., Juhnke, F., Kleinschmiddt, P., Wäscher, G. (eds.), Operations Research Proceedings 1999. Springer, Berlin, 2000, pp. 402-407
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• C. Schwindt
  A branch-and-bound algorithm for the project duration problem subject to temporal and cumulative resource constraints.
  In: Proceedings of the International conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Glasgow, July 12-15, 1999, pp. 515-522
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• R. Kolisch, C. Schwindt, A. Sprecher
  Benchmark instances for project scheduling problems.
  In: Weglarz, J. (ed.), Project Scheduling: Recent Models, Algorithms and Applications. Kluwer, Boston, 1999, pp. 197-212
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• C. Schwindt
  Integrated multi-level capacitated lot sizing and temporal plus capacity planning.
  In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Lyon, October 20-24, 1997, pp. 102-109
   
• C. Schwindt
  A new branch-and-bound-based heuristic for resource-constrained project scheduling with minimal and maximal time lags.
  In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, Posnan, April 11-13, 1996, pp. 212-215
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• C. Schwindt
  An efficient heuristic for solving resource-constrained project scheduling problems arising from make-to-order production.
  In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Production Planning and Control, Mons, September 9-11, 1996, pp. 4-7
  
   

Further Publications

• C. Schwindt
  Bericht zum Forschungssemester 2018
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• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann, R. Fink
  Hierarchische Anlagenbelegungsplanung bei Chargenproduktion.
  PPS-Management 2/2008, 35-38, 2008
   

• N. Trautmann, C. Schwindt
  Methods of Plant Occupancy Planning in the Process Industry.
  United States Patent, Pub. No. US 7062448 B2, 2006
   

• C. Schwindt, R. Fink, S. Herrmann, H. Sagebiel
  Modelle und Methoden für die Anlagenbelegungsplanung in der Prozessindustrie.
  TUContact 17, 62-67, 2005
   

• C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann
  Operations Research im Supply-Chain-Management.
  Karlsruher Transfer 28, 29-31, 2002
   

Working Papers

• R. Fink, C. Schwindt
  A priority-rule based method for predictive-reactive batch production scheduling in the process industries
  Technical Report PLC-3, Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, TU Clausthal
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• C. Schwindt
  Generation of resource-constrained project scheduling problems subject to temporal constraints.
  Technical Report WIOR-443, Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Operations Research, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
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• R. Heilmann, C. Schwindt
  Lower bounds for RCPSP/max.
  Techical Report WIOR-511, Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Operations Research, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
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• Control of shared production buffers: A reinforcement learning approach. PDF
  2021 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Dezember 2021
• A serial schedule-generation scheme for preemptive project scheduling problems with generalized precedence relations and regular min-max criteria. PDF
  15th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Valencia, April 2016
• A column-generation approach to lower bounds for resource leveling problems. PDF
  20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Barcelona, Juli 2014
• Project scheduling under generalized precedence relations: A survey of structural issues, solution approaches, and applications. PDF
  Plenary talk at the 14th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Munich, April 2014
• Column-generation based lower bounds for project scheduling problems.
  26th European Conference on Operational Research, Rome, Juli 2013
• The preemptive resource-constrained project scheduling problem with generalized precedence relationships. PDF
  Workshop New Challenges in Scheduling Theory, Fréjus, Oktober 2012
• Models and bounds for preemptive project scheduling with generalized precedence relationships.
  Operations Research 2012, Hannover, September 2012
• Lower and upper bounds for preemptive project scheduling with generalized precedence relationships.
  25th European Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, Juli 2012
• Temporal scheduling of projects with time-overlap trade-offs. PDF
  Workshop on New Perspectives in Scheduling Theory, Hangzhou (China), Oktober 2011
• Modelle, Methoden und Anwendungen der ressourcenbeschränkten Projektplanung.
  Gastvortrag am Departement Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Bern, Oktober 2010
• Temporal scheduling of concurrent engineering projects.
  24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Juli 2010
• A closed-loop approach to continuous process scheduling. PDF
  International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management IEEM 2009, Hong Kong, Dezember 2009
• A closed-loop approach to continuous process scheduling problems.
  23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, Juli 2009
• A closed-loop heuristic for continuous process scheduling.
  Joint meeting of GOR working groups Mathematical Programming and Supply Chain Management, Bad Honnef, November 2008
• Exact and heuristic methods for continuous process scheduling.
  Operations Research 2008, Augsburg, September 2008
• A heuristic for the short-term planning of multiproduct continuous plants.
  18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Lyon, Juni 2008
• An integrated approach to continuous process planning and scheduling.
  Workshop New Challenges in Scheduling Theory, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, Marseille, Mai 2008
• A priority-rule based method for scheduling in chemical batch production. PDF
  2007 IEEM International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, Dezember 2007
• A branch-and-bound algorithm for the preemptive resource-constrained project scheduling problem.
  Operations Research 2007, Saarbrücken, September 2007
• Large-scale short-term planning in chemical batch production. PDF
  Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications MISTA 2007, Paris, August 2007
• Enumeration schemes for scheduling problems with storage resources.
  22nd European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Juli 2007
• A comparison of relaxation-based enumeration schemes in production scheduling. PDF
  Operations Research 2006, Karlsruhe, September 2006
• Planning and scheduling of multipurpose continuous plants.
  16th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Juli 2006
• A cyclic approach to large-scale short-term planning of multipurpose batch plants.
  21st European Conference on Operational Research, Reykjavik, Juli 2006
• A heuristic decomposition method for the short-term planning of continuous plants.
  10th Workshop of the EURO Working Group on Project Management and Scheduling, Poznan, April 2006
• Robuste Projektplanung unter Ressourcenbeschränkungen.
  Sitzung der Arbeitsgruppe Projektmanagement und Scheduling der Gesellschaft für Operations Research, Bonn, November 2005
• Robust project scheduling: An order-based approach. PDF
  Operations Research 2005, Bremen, September 2005
• A MINLP/RCPSP decomposition approach for the short-term planning of batch production.
  15th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Barcelona, Mai 2005
• Scheduling event-marketing activities in automotive industry: Solution procedure.
  Operations Research 2004, Tilburg, September 2004
• Scheduling with storage resources. PDF
  Symposium on Operations Research 2003, Heidelberg, September 2003
• Project scheduling with storage constraints: Truncated branch-and-bound algorithms.
  19th European Conference on Operational Research, Istanbul, Juli 2003
• Project scheduling with changeover times: A branch-and-bound approach.
  International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Porto, Mai 2003
• Methoden zur Anlagenbelegungsplanung.
  Workshop über Produktionsplanung in der Prozessindustrie, Berlin, April 2003
• Projektplanung unter Unsicherheit.
  20. Südwest-Workshop über OR in Produktion und Logistik, Stuttgart, Januar 2003
• Scheduling und Ressourcenallokation: Detailed Scheduling mit Relax and Resolve.
  SAP AG, Walldorf, Oktober 2002
• A branch-and-bound algorithm for the capital-rationed net present value problem. PDF
  Symposium on Operations Research 2002, Klagenfurt, September 2002
• Scheduling continuous material flows.
  18th International Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics, and Factories of the Future, Porto, Juli 2002
• Relaxed scheduling with SAP APO: Solution method.
  16th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Edinburgh, Juli 2002
• Project scheduling with sequence-dependent changeover times: A branch-and-bound approach. PDF
  XV Conference of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, Lugano, Mai 2002
• Scheduling of continuous production in process industries.
  8th Workshop of the EURO Working Group on Project Management and Scheduling, Valencia, April 2002
• Verfahren zur Planung des ressourcenbeschränkten Projektminimierungsproblems mit planungsabhängigen Zeitfenstern.
  Festcolloquium der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Karlsruhe anläßlich der Verleihung des Rudolf-Henn-Preises für Operations Research, Karlsruhe, Februar 2002
• Planung diskreter und kontinuierlicher Materialflüsse.
  SAP AG, Walldorf, Oktober 2001
• Scheduling continuous material flows. PDF
  Symposium on Operations Research 2001, Duisburg, September 2001
• Solution procedures for production planning and detailed scheduling in process industries.
  International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Québec City, August 2001
• Project scheduling with sequence-dependent changeover times.
  18th European Conference on Operational Research, Rotterdam, Juli 2001
• Scheduling batch and continuous production in chemical industry.
  Sitzung der Arbeitsgruppe Projektmanagement der Gesellschaft für Operations Research bei der BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Mai 2001
• Projektplanung mit Transferzeiten.
  10. DFG-Workshop über Projektplanung mit beschränkten Ressourcen, Berlin, April 2001
• Ein Dekompositionsverfahren zur Chargenplanung in der Prozeßindustrie.
  Mathematisches Forum der BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, November 2000
• Bestandsmanagement im Detailed Scheduling.
  Sitzung der Arbeitsgruppe Lagerhaltung der Gesellschaft für Operations Research bei der KPMG, Leipzig, Oktober 2000
• Scheduling and Resource Allocation: Bericht zum gemeinsamen Forschungsvorhaben 1997-2000.
  SAP AG, Walldorf, September 2000
• A branch-and-bound algorithm for the capital-rationed net present value problem.
  17th European Conference on Operational Research, Budapest, Juli 2000
• Local search for project scheduling with convex objective functions.
  7th Workshop of the EURO Working Group on Project Management and Scheduling, Osnabrück, April 2000
• Reactive scheduling via earliness-tardiness cost minimization of resource-constrained projects.
  SAP AG, Walldorf, Dezember 1999
• Lösung eines Batch-Scheduling-Problems der chemischen Industrie.
  Bayer AG, Leverkusen, November 1999
• Minimizing earliness-tardiness costs of resource-constrained projects.
  Symposium on Operations Research 1999, Magdeburg, September 1999
• A branch-and-bound algorithm for the project duration problem subject to temporal and cumulative resource constraints.
  International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Managemen, Glasgow, Juli 1999
• Ablaufplanung unter Lagerbeschränkungen.
  SAP AG, Walldorf, April 1999
• Anlagenbelegungsplanung in der Prozeßindustrie mit Modellen und Methoden der ressourcenbeschränkten Projektplanung.
  6. DFG-Workshop über Projektplanung mit beschränkten Ressourcen, Lambrecht, März 1999
• Generation schemes for the optimization of various classes of objective functions in resource-constrained project scheduling.
  16th European Conference on Operational Research, Brüssel, Juli 1998
• Projektplanung bei kumulativen Ressourcenbeschränkungen: Modelle, Methoden und Anwendungen.
  10. Südwest-Workshop über OR in Produktion und Logistik, Mannheim, Januar 1998
• Integrated multi-level capacitated lot sizing and temporal plus capacity planning.
  International Conference on Industrial Enginieering and Production Management, Lyon, Oktober 1997
• Verfahren zur Lösung des ressourcenbeschränkten Projektdauerminimierungsproblems mit planungsabhängigen Zeitfenstern.
  3. DFG-Workshop über Projektplanung mit beschränkten Ressourcen, Kiel, Juli 1997
• Modellierung eines Process-Flow-Scheduling-Problems aus der Prozeßindustrie.
  SAP AG, Walldorf, Juni 1997
• A problem generator for resource-constrained project scheduling problems with minimal and maximal time lags.
  Workshop on Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling, Karlsruhe, April 1997
• Parametergesteuerte Generierung ressourcenbeschränkter Projektplanungsprobleme mit planungsabhängigen Zeitfenstern.
  2. DFG-Workshop über Projektplanung mit beschränkten Ressourcen, Osnabrück, Februar 1997
• Exakte und heuristische Lösungsverfahren für das ressourcenbeschränkte Projektdauerminimierungsproblem mit minimalen und maximalen Zeitabständen.
  Interfakultatives Oberseminar "Neue Methoden für schwer lösbare Optimierungsprobleme", Karlsruhe, Januar 1997
• Modelle und Methoden der ressourcenbeschränkten Projektplanung.
  6. Südwest-Workshop über OR in Produktion und Logistik, Mannheim, September 1996
• Charakterisierung der Problemschwere von RCPSP/max-Instanzen.
  Symposium on Operations Research 1996, Braunschweig, September 1996
• An efficient heuristic for solving resource-constrained project scheduling problems arising from make-to-order production.
  Workshop on Production Planning and Control, Mons, September 1996
• A new branch-and-bound-based heuristic for resource-constrained project scheduling with minimal and maximal time lags.
  5th Workshop of the EURO Working Group on Project Management and Scheduling, Posnan, April 1996
• ProGen/max: Ein Problemgenerator für ressourcenbeschränkte Projektplanungsprobleme mit zeitlichen Minimal- und Maximalabständen.
  Symposium on Operations Research 1995, Passau, September 1995
• Modellierung der Kundenauftragsfertigung als Projekt mit minimalen und maximalen Zeitabständen.
  5. Südwest-Workshop über OR in Produktion und Logistik, Karlsruhe, Juni 1995

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