The e-OCEA project: towards an Internet decision system for scheduling problems

This paper deals with an Internet decision support system for scheduling problems. This system, called e-OCEA, is being developed at the Laboratory of Computer Sciences of the University of Tours. It provides a user with tools to help create an effective algorithm to solve a scheduling problem. From the modelisation of the problem to the visualization of a computed schedule, the e-OCEA system offers software that can be used either by operations researchers or industrial engineers. In this paper, we present the current state of this system and provide future directions.