A FULLY POLYNOMIAL-APPROXIMATION SCHEME FOR SCHEDULING A SINGLE-MACHINE TO MINIMIZE TOTAL WEIGHTED LATE WORK

被引:57
作者
KOVALYOV, MY
POTTS, CN
VANWASSENHOVE, LN
机构
[1] INSEAD, FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE
[2] UNIV SOUTHAMPTON, FAC MATH STUDIES, SOUTHAMPTON SO9 5NH, HANTS, ENGLAND
关键词
SCHEDULING; SINGLE MACHINE; APPROXIMATION SCHEME; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;
D O I
10.1287/moor.19.1.86
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; O22 [运筹学];
学科分类号
070105 ; 12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
This paper studies approximation algorithms for the problem of nonpreemptively scheduling n jobs on a single machine to minimize total weighted late work, where the late work for a job is the amount of processing of this job that is performed after its due date. A family of approximation algorithms {DP(epsilon)} is derived. For any epsilon > 0, DP(epsilon) delivers a schedule having total weighted late work which does not exceed (1 + epsilon) times that of an optimal schedule. Since DP(epsilon) requires O(n3 log n + n3/epsilon) time, the family {DP(epsilon)} is a fully polynomial approximation scheme.
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页码:86 / 93
页数:8
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