Makespan Minimization for Two-Machine Open Shops

Author(s):  
Wieslaw Kubiak
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bouznif ◽  
R. Giroudeau

We investigate complexity and approximation results on a processor networks where the communication delay depends on the distance between the processors performing tasks. We then prove that there is no heuristic with a performance guarantee smaller than 4/3 for makespan minimization for precedence graph on a large class of processor networks like hypercube, grid, torus, and so forth, with a fixed diameter . We extend complexity results when the precedence graph is a bipartite graph. We also design an efficient polynomial-time -approximation algorithm for the makespan minimization on processor networks with diameter .


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 876-900
Author(s):  
Rico Walter ◽  
Alexander Lawrinenko

Abstract The paper on hand approaches the classical makespan minimization problem on identical parallel machines from a rather theoretical point of view. Using an approach similar to the idea behind inverse optimization, we identify a general structural pattern of optimal multiprocessor schedules. We also show how to derive new dominance rules from the characteristics of optimal solutions. Results of our computational study attest to the efficacy of the new rules. They are particularly useful in limiting the search space when each machine processes only a few jobs on average.


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