Research on schedulers for astronomical observatories  

  Colomé, Josep
  Colomer, Pau
  Campreciós, Jordi
  Coffard, Thierry
  Guŕrdia, Josep
  Martínez, Francesc
  Ribas, Ignasi
  Rodler, Florian
  
  Paper 8451-59 of Conference 8448
  Date: Thursday, 05 July 2012   
  
  Poster
  
  The main task of a scheduler applied to astronomical observatories is the time
  optimization and the maximization of the scientific return. Scheduling of
  observations is an example of the classical task allocation problem known as
  the job-shop problem (JSP) or the flexible-JSP (fJSP). In most cases various
  mathematical algorithms are usually considered to solve the planning system.
  We present an analysis of the task allocation problem and the solutions
  currently in use at different astronomical facilities. We also describe the
  schedulers for three different projects (TJO, CARMENES and CTA) where the
  conclusions of this analysis are applied in their development.