SCHEDULING OBJECTIVES, REQUIREMENTS, RESOURCES, CONSTRAINTS, AND PROCESSES - IMPLICATIONS FOR A GENERIC EXPERT SCHEDULING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND TOOLKIT

Scheduling has become an increasingly important element in today's soc iety and workplace. Within the NASA environment, scheduling is one of the most frequently performed functions. Towards meeting NASA's schedu ling challenges, there is a great need for developing a generic expert scheduling system architecture and toolkit. This paper examines objec tives, requirements, resources, constraints, and processes associated with the scheduling domain. Implications for a generic expert scheduli ng system architecture and toolkit are then discussed.