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NP-hard cases in scheduling deteriorating jobs on dedicated machines

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  • A Kononov

    (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics)

  • S Gawiejnowicz

    (Adam Mickiewicz University)

Abstract

In this paper problems of time-dependent scheduling on dedicated machines are considered. The processing time of each job is described by a function which is dependent on the starting time of the job. The objective is to minimise the maximum completion time (makespan). We prove that under linear deterioration the two-machine flow shop problem is strongly NP-hard and the two-machine open shop problem is ordinarily NP-hard. We show that for the three-machine flow shop and simple linear deterioration there does not exist a polynomial-time approximation algorithm with the worst case ratio bounded by a constant, unless P=NP. We also prove that the three-machine open shop problem with simple linear deterioration is ordinarily NP-hard, even if the jobs have got equal deterioration rates on the third machine.

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  • A Kononov & S Gawiejnowicz, 2001. "NP-hard cases in scheduling deteriorating jobs on dedicated machines," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 52(6), pages 708-717, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:52:y:2001:i:6:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601117
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601117
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    1. Zhao, Chuanli & Tang, Hengyong, 2012. "Two-machine flow shop scheduling with deteriorating jobs and chain precedence constraints," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(1), pages 131-136.
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    3. Ahmadian, Mohammad Mahdi & Khatami, Mostafa & Salehipour, Amir & Cheng, T.C.E., 2021. "Four decades of research on the open-shop scheduling problem to minimize the makespan," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 295(2), pages 399-426.
    4. Sun, Lin-Hui & Sun, Lin-Yan & Wang, Ming-Zheng & Wang, Ji-Bo, 2012. "Flow shop makespan minimization scheduling with deteriorating jobs under dominating machines," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 138(1), pages 195-200.
    5. Baruch Mor & Gur Mosheiov, 2021. "A note: flowshop scheduling with linear deterioration and job-rejection," 4OR, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 103-111, March.
    6. Ng, C.T. & Barketau, M.S. & Cheng, T.C.E. & Kovalyov, Mikhail Y., 2010. ""Product Partition" and related problems of scheduling and systems reliability: Computational complexity and approximation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 207(2), pages 601-604, December.
    7. Stanisław Gawiejnowicz, 2020. "A review of four decades of time-dependent scheduling: main results, new topics, and open problems," Journal of Scheduling, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 3-47, February.
    8. Zhenyou Wang & Cai-Min Wei & Yuan-Yuan Lu, 2016. "Permutation Flow Shop Problem with Shortening Job Processing Times," Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 33(04), pages 1-14, August.
    9. Wu, Chin-Chia & Lee, Wen-Chiung, 2006. "Two-machine flowshop scheduling to minimize mean flow time under linear deterioration," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(2), pages 572-584, October.
    10. J-B Wang & J-J Wang & P Ji, 2011. "Scheduling jobs with chain precedence constraints and deteriorating jobs," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(9), pages 1765-1770, September.
    11. Kang, Liying & Ng, C.T., 2007. "A note on a fully polynomial-time approximation scheme for parallel-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(1-2), pages 180-184, September.
    12. Na Yin & Liying Kang, 2015. "Minimizing Makespan in Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling with Proportional Deterioration," Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 32(06), pages 1-12, December.
    13. Zhenyou Wang & Cai-Min Wei & Yu-Bin Wu, 2016. "Single Machine Two-Agent Scheduling with Deteriorating Jobs," Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 33(05), pages 1-17, October.
    14. Li, Yongqiang & Li, Gang & Sun, Linyan & Xu, Zhiyong, 2009. "Single machine scheduling of deteriorating jobs to minimize total absolute differences in completion times," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 118(2), pages 424-429, April.
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    16. Cheng, Yushao & Sun, Shijie, 2009. "Scheduling linear deteriorating jobs with rejection on a single machine," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 194(1), pages 18-27, April.

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