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Single-server parallel-machine scheduling with loading and unloading times

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  • Yiwei Jiang

    (Zhejiang Sci-Tech University)

  • Qinghui Zhang

    (Zhejiang Sci-Tech University)

  • Jueliang Hu

    (Zhejiang Sci-Tech University)

  • Jianming Dong

    (Zhejiang Sci-Tech University)

  • Min Ji

    (Zhejiang Gongshang University)

Abstract

We consider a scheduling problem in which jobs are processed on two identical parallel machines that share a common server that loads and unloads jobs on them. Each job has to be loaded by the server before being processed on one of the machines and unloaded immediately by the server after its processing. The goal is to minimize the makespan. We study non-preemptive variants of the problem where the loading and unloading times are both equal to one time unit. Since the non-preemptive variant of the problem is NP-hard, we apply two classical heuristics, namely list scheduling (LS) and longest processing time (LPT),to tackle the problem. We show that LS and LPT have tight worst-case ratios of 12/7 and 4/3, respectively.

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  • Yiwei Jiang & Qinghui Zhang & Jueliang Hu & Jianming Dong & Min Ji, 2015. "Single-server parallel-machine scheduling with loading and unloading times," Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 201-213, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jcomop:v:30:y:2015:i:2:d:10.1007_s10878-014-9727-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10878-014-9727-z
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