Machine scheduling in production: A content analysis

This paper presents the results of a content analysis on a comprehensive and systematically generated sample of 132 literature surveys on machine scheduling problems in production (MSPP). The paper identifies the main attributes of MSPP by analyzing these surveys and proposes a classification scheme for MSPP consisting of seven main groups with several subgroups. The reliability of the results of the content analysis is examined in a sensitivity analysis. A close analysis of the results unveils several research gaps in the literature and enables us to propose promising avenues for future research.