scholarly journals Single-Machine Scheduling with Learning Effects and Maintenance: A Methodological Note on Some Polynomial-Time Solvable Cases

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Kuo-Ching Ying ◽  
Chung-Cheng Lu ◽  
Shih-Wei Lin ◽  
Jie-Ning Chen
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Machine Scheduling ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Learning Effects ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Maintenance Activity ◽  
Processing Times

This work addresses four single-machine scheduling problems (SMSPs) with learning effects and variable maintenance activity. The processing times of the jobs are simultaneously determined by a decreasing function of their corresponding scheduled positions and the sum of the processing times of the already processed jobs. Maintenance activity must start before a deadline and its duration increases with the starting time of the maintenance activity. This work proposes a polynomial-time algorithm for optimally solving two SMSPs to minimize the total completion time and the total tardiness with a common due date.

scholarly journals Single-Machine Scheduling with Rejection and an Operator Non-Availability Interval

Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Zuo ◽  
Zhenxia Sun ◽  
Lingfa Lu ◽  
Liqi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Total Weighted Completion Time ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Objective Functions ◽  
Rejection Cost ◽  
Scheduling With Rejection

In this paper, we study two scheduling problems on a single machine with rejection and an operator non-availability interval. In the operator non-availability interval, no job can be started or be completed. However, a crossover job is allowed such that it can be started before this interval and completed after this interval. Furthermore, we also assume that job rejection is allowed. That is, each job is either accepted and processed in-house, or is rejected by paying a rejection cost. Our task is to minimize the sum of the makespan (or the total weighted completion time) of accepted jobs and the total rejection cost of rejected jobs. For two scheduling problems with different objective functions, by borrowing the previous algorithms in the literature, we propose a pseudo-polynomial-time algorithm and a fully polynomial-time approximation scheme (FPTAS), respectively.

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 Optimal algorithms for scheduling under time-of-use tariffs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Chen ◽  
Nicole Megow ◽  
Roman Rischke ◽  
Leen Stougie ◽  
José Verschae
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Single Machine ◽  
Completion Time ◽  
Optimal Algorithm ◽  
Optimal Schedule ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Single Machine Scheduling ◽  
Total Weighted Completion Time ◽  
Scheduling Problems

AbstractWe consider a natural generalization of classical scheduling problems to a setting in which using a time unit for processing a job causes some time-dependent cost, the time-of-use tariff, which must be paid in addition to the standard scheduling cost. We focus on preemptive single-machine scheduling and two classical scheduling cost functions, the sum of (weighted) completion times and the maximum completion time, that is, the makespan. While these problems are easy to solve in the classical scheduling setting, they are considerably more complex when time-of-use tariffs must be considered. We contribute optimal polynomial-time algorithms and best possible approximation algorithms. For the problem of minimizing the total (weighted) completion time on a single machine, we present a polynomial-time algorithm that computes for any given sequence of jobs an optimal schedule, i.e., the optimal set of time slots to be used for preemptively scheduling jobs according to the given sequence. This result is based on dynamic programming using a subtle analysis of the structure of optimal solutions and a potential function argument. With this algorithm, we solve the unweighted problem optimally in polynomial time. For the more general problem, in which jobs may have individual weights, we develop a polynomial-time approximation scheme (PTAS) based on a dual scheduling approach introduced for scheduling on a machine of varying speed. As the weighted problem is strongly NP-hard, our PTAS is the best possible approximation we can hope for. For preemptive scheduling to minimize the makespan, we show that there is a comparably simple optimal algorithm with polynomial running time. This is true even in a certain generalized model with unrelated machines.

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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