Abstract
M.Sc. (Information Science)
In this study we have looked at object-oriented programming in the field of manufacturing. Scheduling was the main topic of research in this study.
Object-oriented programming was used, because It was found easier to develop a general scheduling system by using objects. The use of mathematical algorithms (for example) would have been much more cumbersome and further developments would not have been as simple. At first, Expert Systems (ES), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), Process
Planning, Computer Integrated Manufacturing (elM), etc. are discussed. This forms the basis for the different scheduling techniques studied. .
To make the study more useful, a system was developed in Turbo Pascal 5.5. The Idea behind the system is to explain different dynamic scheduling techniques, for example due date scheduling, backward scheduling and priority scheduling. The objects used in the system are explained with the help of a pseudo-object-oriented language, "NOT".
The conclusions made from this paper can be used for further studies.