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Minimizing the Weighted Number of Tardy Jobs via (max,+)-Convolutions

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  • Danny Hermelin

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel)

  • Hendrik Molter

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel)

  • Dvir Shabtay

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel)

Abstract

In this paper we consider the fundamental scheduling problem of minimizing the weighted number of tardy jobs on a single machine. We present a simple pseudo polynomial-time algorithm for this problem that improves upon the classical Lawler and Moore algorithm from the late 60’s under certain scenarios and parameter settings. Our algorithm uses (max,+)-convolutions as its main tool, exploiting recent improved algorithms for computing such convolutions, and obtains several different running times depending on the specific improvement used. We also provide a related lower bound for the problem under a variant of the well-known Strong Exponential Time Hypothesis (SETH).

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  • Danny Hermelin & Hendrik Molter & Dvir Shabtay, 2024. "Minimizing the Weighted Number of Tardy Jobs via (max,+)-Convolutions," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 36(3), pages 836-848, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orijoc:v:36:y:2024:i:3:p:836-848
    DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2022.0307
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