11.   Darley of BiosGroup has applied ant behavior to solving scheduling problems in complex manufacturing settings and to routing and production decisions at a natural gas company in Texas.

12.   Earlier this year, the NFL awarded an expansion franchise to Cleveland, but that leaves the league with an odd number of teams and with scheduling problems.

13.   Even before they knew the identity of their opening-round playoff opponent, the Kings knew they had a scheduling problem at Staples Center.

14.   Feeney said the scheduling problems begin with the uneven number of teams in the two leagues and become compounded with the different number of teams in the divisions.

15.   First-round scheduling problems are not uncommon for clubs who share arenas with the NBA.

16.   Fleischer said scheduling problems prevented the Texas governor from attending the convention.

17.   He has a scheduling problem.

18.   He kept a calendar of national holidays in every country where Avaya does business, but scheduling problems had a way of cropping up anyway.

19.   He said the event poses a scheduling problem, since Biden commutes home each night to Wilmington, Del.

20.   He said that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, had also been invited but declined because of scheduling problems.