1 Introduction
2 CAST
2.1 Scheduling constraints
2.2 Scheduling optimization
2.3 Genetic Algorithm for the offline strategy
3 CAST scheduling efficiency
3.1 CARMENES configuration
3.2 Results
3.3 Analysis of the computational performance
4 CAST in real operation
5 The impact of efficient scheduling on the scientific return
5.1 Exoplanet yield simulation
5.2 Results
6 Conclusions