A System for Manufacturing Scheduling with Interactive Computer Graphics

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Abstract
This article describes experience in developing an interactive factory scheduling system using computer graphics. The implementation contains three parts, each of which is graphically displayed and manipulated: a network-based model for describing the basic operation of the factory, a Gantt chart for scheduling the factory, and plots of inventory levels over time for evaluating the schedule. The system was implemented at Cornell's instructional computer graphics facility and used for teaching for a period of three years.