An approximation algorithm for a single-machine scheduling problem with release times, delivery times and controllable processing times

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugeniusz Nowicki
Keyword(s):  
Approximation Algorithm ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Machine Scheduling ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Controllable Processing Times ◽  
Scheduling Problem ◽  
Processing Times ◽  
Release Times ◽  
Delivery Times

scholarly journals A Combinatorial 2-Approximation Algorithm for the Parallel-Machine Scheduling with Release Times and Submodular Penalties

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Wencheng Wang ◽  
Xiaofei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Approximation Algorithm ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Machine Scheduling ◽  
Parallel Machine Scheduling ◽  
Parallel Machine ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Release Time ◽  
Release Dates ◽  
Scheduling Problem ◽  
Release Times

In this paper, we consider parallel-machine scheduling with release times and submodular penalties (P|rj,reject|Cmax+π(R)), in which each job can be accepted and processed on one of m identical parallel machines or rejected, but a penalty must paid if a job is rejected. Each job has a release time and a processing time, and the job can not be processed before its release time. The objective of P|rj,reject|Cmax+π(R) is to minimize the makespan of the accepted jobs plus the penalty of the rejected jobs, where the penalty is determined by a submodular function. This problem generalizes a multiprocessor scheduling problem with rejection, the parallel-machine scheduling with submodular penalties, and the single machine scheduling problem with release dates and submodular rejection penalties. In this paper, inspired by the primal-dual method, we present a combinatorial 2-approximation algorithm to P|rj,reject|Cmax+π(R). This ratio coincides with the best known ratio for the parallel-machine scheduling with submodular penalties and the single machine scheduling problem with release dates and submodular rejection penalties.

Single Machine Scheduling with Discretely Compressible Processing Times

2013 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 1020-1024
Author(s):  
Shu Xia Zhang ◽  
Yu Zhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Programming ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Processing Time ◽  
Machine Scheduling ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Scheduling Problem ◽  
Processing Times ◽  
Release Times

In this paper, we address the single machine scheduling problem with discretely compressible processing times, where processing any job with a compressed processing time incurs a corresponding compression cost. We consider the following problem: scheduling with discretely compressible processing times to minimize makespan with the constraint of total compression cost. Jobs may have different release times. We design a pseudo-polynomial time algorithm by approach of dynamic programming and an FPTAS.

scholarly journals Dynamic Restructuring Framework for Scheduling with Release Times and Due-Dates

Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nodari Vakhania
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Machine Scheduling ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Scheduling Problem ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Due Dates ◽  
Processing Times ◽  
Release Times ◽  
Special Case

Scheduling jobs with release and due dates on a single machine is a classical strongly NP-hard combination optimization problem. It has not only immediate real-life applications but also it is effectively used for the solution of more complex multiprocessor and shop scheduling problems. Here, we propose a general method that can be applied to the scheduling problems with job release times and due-dates. Based on this method, we carry out a detailed study of the single-machine scheduling problem, disclosing its useful structural properties. These properties give us more insight into the complex nature of the problem and its bottleneck feature that makes it intractable. This method also helps us to expose explicit conditions when the problem can be solved in polynomial time. In particular, we establish the complexity status of the special case of the problem in which job processing times are mutually divisible by constructing a polynomial-time algorithm that solves this setting. Apparently, this setting is a maximal polynomially solvable special case of the single-machine scheduling problem with non-arbitrary job processing times.

Single Machine Scheduling and due Date Assignment with Past-Sequence-Dependent Delivery Times and General Position-Dependent Processing Times

2014 ◽  
Vol 624 ◽  
pp. 675-680
Author(s):  
Yu Fang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Single Machine ◽  
Machine Scheduling ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Due Date ◽  
Due Date Assignment ◽  
Processing Times ◽  
Delivery Times ◽  
Weighted Number ◽  
Tardy Jobs

We studied single machine scheduling problems in which the jobs need to be delivered to customers after processing. It is assumed that the delivery times are proportional to the length of the already processed jobs, and a job's processing time depended on its position in a sequence. The objective functions include total earliness, the weighted number of tardy jobs and the cost of due date assignment. We analyzed these problems with two different due date assignment methods and conclude that the problems are polynomial time solvable.

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