Author: Michael L. Pinedo
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: systems, algorithms, theory, scheduling
Number of Pages: 678
Published: 2008-07-24
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 0387789340
ISBN-13: 9780387789347

This book on scheduling covers theoretical models as well as scheduling problems in the real world. Author Michael Pinedo also includes a CD that contains slide-shows from industry and movies dealing with implementations of scheduling systems. The book consists of three parts. The first part focuses on deterministic scheduling with the associated combinatorial problems. The second part covers probabilistic scheduling models. In this part it is assumed that processing times and other problem data are not known in advance. The third part deals with scheduling in practice. It covers heuristic

Author: Michael L. Pinedo
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: operations, research, financial, engineering, series, springer, scheduling, manufacturing, services, planning
Number of Pages: 506
Published: 2007-07-17
List price: $74.95
ISBN-10: 0387221980
ISBN-13: 9780387221984

This book focusses on planning and scheduling applications. Planning and Scheduling are forms of decision-making that play an important role in most manufacturing and service industries. The planning and scheduling function in a company uses mathematical techniques or heuristic methods to allocate limited resources to the activities that have to be done. The book consists of four parts: Part I describes the general characteristics of scheduling models in manufacturing and in services. Part II considers the various classes of planning and scheduling models in manufacturing, and Part III cov

Authors:J. Verweij, H.M. Pinedo,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: treatment, cancer, research, sarcomas, tissue, soft, targeting
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 2004-05-27
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 1402078080
ISBN-13: 9781402078088

Erasmus Univ. Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Summarizes the recent research in the development of targeted agents in cancer therapy. Also discusses the changes in the field of q radiation therapy. Emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach. For physicians and researchers.

Author: Michael L. Pinedo
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: services, manufacturing, scheduling, planning
Number of Pages: 537
Published: 2009-08-17
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 1441909095
ISBN-13: 9781441909091

This second edition book focuses on planning and scheduling applications with a new chapter on planning and scheduling in health care. Planning and scheduling are forms of decision-making that play an important role in most manufacturing and services industries. The planning and scheduling functions in a company typically use analytical techniques and heuristic methods to allocate its limited resources to the activities that have to be done. The application areas considered in this book are divided into manufacturing applications and services applications. The book covers four areas in planni

Authors:Milan Potmesil, Herbert M. Pinedo,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: agents, anticancer, new, camptothecins
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 1994-12-19
List price: $219.95
ISBN-10: 0849347645
ISBN-13: 9780849347641

This exciting new book presents the first comprehensive overview of clinical trials of camptothecins, a new class of anticancer agents. Camptothecins are synthetic and semisynthetic derivatives of a plant alkaloid that inhibit a cellular enzyme and trigger a cascade of events leading to programmed cell death. Special attention is given to the adverse effects of camptothecin treatment, as well as to prevention and control. The book boasts contributions by some of the most respected authorities in camptothecin research, who haveoConducted much of the pre-clinical work which helped to renew inter

Authors:B.A. Chabner, H. M. Pinedo, B. A. Chabner, D. L. Long
Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub Co
Keywords: modifiers, annual, response, biological, chemotherapy, cancer
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 1997-12-01
List price: $200.00
ISBN-10: 0444826718
ISBN-13: 9780444826718

Hardbound. Cancer Chemotherapy and Biological Response Modifiers has provided its readers with a comprehensive, definitive annual review of the literature in the fields of cancer biology, pharmacology, treatment and management. Its contributors are internationally renowned figures in the field of oncology. This volume contains 30 chapters reviewing recent developments within specific subject areas of oncological research. Having this up to date information on hand will ensure that you are well informed, so you can stay at the forefront of your profession.