New directions for operations research in manufacturing : proceedings of a joint US/German conference, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, July 30-31, 1991

I. Plenary Address.- Whither Manufacturing and Operations Research?.- II. Planning and Control.- An Hierarchical Planning, Loading, Routing and Control Scheme for Flexible Manufacturing Systems.- Analysis of Production Planning and Control (PPC) Systems as an Efficient Combination of Information Activities.- Hierarchical Production Planning in Group Technologies.- Design of an Information-Based Distributed Production Planning System.- LP-Models in Production Planning and Control.- A Realization for a Generic Controller in Production Planning Hierarchies.- III. Genetic Algorithms.- Sequence Scheduling with Genetic Algorithms.- Local Search in Problem and Heuristic Space for Job Shop Scheduling Genetic Algorithms.- The Application of a Parallel Genetic Algorithm to the n/m/P/Cmax Flowshop Problem.- IV. Scheduling.- Scheduling Semiconductor Test Operations: Optimization and Approximation.- Job and Tool Scheduling for Flexible Machining Cells.- Scheduling and Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Some Experiences and Observations.- Dispatching Issues in Job Shop Scheduling.- V. Real-Time Scheduling.- Dynamic Task Assignment in Distributed Manufacturing Systems.- An Object-Oriented Knowledge Representation in Real-Time Scheduling.- An Expert System for Distributed Real-Time Scheduling of Factory Communications Resources.- A Rescheduling Procedure for Manufacturing Systems Under Random Disruptions.- VI. Neural Networks.- A Hybrid Approach to Flexible Manufacturing Systems Scheduling Using Neural and Symbolic Processing.- Applying Artificial Neural Networks to Process Planning.- A Hybrid Intelligent Architecture for Automated PCB Assembly.- Neural Networks for Detection of Process Change in Manufacturing Systems.- VII. Applications of Mathematical Programming.- Tabu Search Techniques for the Quadratic Semi-Assignment Problem.- The Impact of Correlated Demands on Integrated Safety Stock Optimization in Multi-stage Manufacturing Systems.- VIII. Applications of Modelling.- An Integrated System Shell Concept for Computer Aided Design and Planning.- Service Level in Multistage MRP and Base Stock Controlled Production Systems.- Rapid Modeling: Methods and Tools for Strategic and Operational Planning of Manufacturing Systems.- Enterprise Models for the Design and Management of Manufacturing Systems.- Responsive Tool Management: Making Fixed Manufacturing Systems More Flexible.- Multicriteria Design of Manufacturing Systems.- List of Sponsors.