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Scheduling jobs in a contaminated area: a model and heuristic algorithms

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  • A Janiak

    (Wroclaw University of Technology)

  • M Y Kovalyov

    (Belarus State University
    National Academy of Sciences of Belarus)

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Scheduling problems studied in this paper arise when some tasks have to be executed by human resources in an area contaminated with radio-active or chemical materials. The specificity of the problems is that each work period should be accompanied by a rest period whose length depends on the start time of the corresponding work period. The dependency functions are exponentially decreasing ones. The problems with a single worker and criteria of minimizing maximum lateness or total weighted completion time are proved to be NP-hard. Heuristic algorithms for their solving are developed and computational experiments are provided.

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  • A Janiak & M Y Kovalyov, 2008. "Scheduling jobs in a contaminated area: a model and heuristic algorithms," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 59(7), pages 977-987, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:59:y:2008:i:7:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2602406
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602406
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