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Parallel machine scheduling with nested processing set restrictions

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  • Huo, Yumei
  • Leung, Joseph Y.-T.

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We consider the problem of scheduling a set of n independent jobs on m parallel machines, where each job can only be scheduled on a subset of machines called its processing set. The machines are linearly ordered, and the processing set of job j is given by two machine indexes aj and bj; i.e., job j can only be scheduled on machines aj,aj+1,...,bj. Two distinct processing sets are either nested or disjoint. Preemption is not allowed. Our goal is to minimize the makespan. It is known that the problem is strongly NP-hard and that there is a list-type algorithm with a worst-case bound of 2-1/m. In this paper we give an improved algorithm with a worst-case bound of 7/4. For two and three machines, the algorithm gives a better worst-case bound of 5/4 and 3/2, respectively.

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  • Huo, Yumei & Leung, Joseph Y.-T., 2010. "Parallel machine scheduling with nested processing set restrictions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 204(2), pages 229-236, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:204:y:2010:i:2:p:229-236
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    4. Epstein, Leah & Levin, Asaf, 2011. "Scheduling with processing set restrictions: PTAS results for several variants," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(2), pages 586-595, October.

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