Three Essays on Operations Scheduling with Job Classes and Time Windows formatIsbn:Softcover 9783739237787 The articles appear in their 70174 Stuttgart The articles appear in their original form This clear book presents a critical and modern analysis of the conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics as laid down in Boltzmann's works This book contains the three scientific essays that constitute the PhD dissertation of Alexander Lieder: [1] A Dynamic Programming Approach for the Aircraft Landing Problem with Aircraft Classes (also published in: European Journal of Operational Research) [2] Scheduling Aircraft Take Offs and Landings on Heterogeneous and Interdependent Runways (also published in: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review) [3] Task Scheduling in Long Term Care Facilities: A Client Centered approach (also published in: Operations Research for Health Care)