带机器准备时间的平行机在线与半在线排序

本文研究带机器准备时间的m台平行机系统在线和半在线排序问题.对在线排序问题,我们证明了LS算法的最坏情况界为2-1/m.对已知工件加工时间递减,已知总加工时间和已知工件最大加工时间三个半在线模型,我们分析了它们的下界和所给算法的最坏情况界.对其中两台机情形均得到了最好近似算怯。     

P‖Cmin随机算法研究

本文研究了P‖Cmin的随机算法及其最坏情况界，我们给出了Pm‖Cmin在线排序问题新的随机上界，并给出了P2‖Cmin的最好随机算法，其最坏情况界为2／3。对P2‖Cmin已知工件加工时间递减半在线模型，我们给出了一最坏情况界为6／7的随机算法并证明了它为最好的。     

带机器准备时间的平行机ordinal排序及近似算法

本文研究带机器准备时间的m台平行机ordinal在线排序问题。讨论了在极小化最大机器完工时间和极小化最大工件完工时间两种目标下的不同下界和相应的在线近似算法。对第一个目标，我们得到了3/2的下界和最坏情况界为2-1/m的近似算法。对第二个目标，我们得到了最坏情况为m的最好近似算法。我们还对一些特殊情况进行了分析。     

带机器准备时间的m台平行机在线和半在线排序

本文研究了目标为极大化机器最早完工时间的带机器准备时间的m台平行机在线和半在线排序问题.对于在线排序问题,本文证明了LS算法的竞争比为m.对于已知所有工件加工时间总和(sum)和最大工件加工时间(max)的两个半在线模型,本文分析了它们的下界,并给出了竞争比均为m-1的最优算法.     

具有等级约束的三台机排序问题的可中断在线算法

研究具有等级约束的三台机在线排序问题．机器和工件的等级数均为1或2,工件只能在等级数不超过自身等级的机器上加工,且加工允许中断,目标是极小化最大工件完工时间．如果有两台机器等级为1,给出竞争比为3／2的在线算法,并证明算法是最好可能的;如果只有一台等级为1的机器,也给出竞争比为3／2的在线算法．     

带机器准备时间的两台同型机复合半在线排序问题

本文研究了预知两种信息,带机器准备时间的两台同型平行机复合半在线排序问题,即已知所有工件加工时间总和和工件按加工时间非增顺序到达,目标为极小化最大机器完工时间的半在线排序模型.我们分析了它的下界,并给出了竞争比为7/6的最优算法.     

具有两个不相容工件族单位工件的有界分批在线排序问题

研究具有两个不相容工件族单位工件单机有界平行分批的在线排序问题.工件按时在线到达,目标是最小化最大完工时间.在有界平行分批排序中,容量有限制机器最多可将b个工件形成一批同时加工,每个工件及每一批的加工时间为1.不相容工件族是指来自不同工件组的工件不能放在同一批加工.对该问题提供了一个竞争比为√17+3/4的最好可能的在线算法.     

带两个服务等级的三台机最优在线算法

研究了带服务等级约束的三台平行机在线排序问题.每台机器和每个工件的服务等级为1或者2,工件只能在等级不高于它的机器上加工,即等级为1的工件只能在等级为1的机器上加工,等级为2的工件可在所有机器上加工.每个工件的加工时间为一个单位,目标是极小化所有工件的总完工时间.考虑两种情形:当一台机器等级为1,两台机器等级为2时,给出了竞争比为17/14的最优在线算法;当两台机器等级为1,一台机器等级为2时,给出了竞争比为43/36的最优在线算法.     

具有特殊工件的平行机在线排序问题

本文研究一类具有特殊工件的平行机在线排序问题,目标是最小化最大完工时间.此模型有两种工件:正常工件和特殊工件.正常工件能够在m台平行机的任何一台机器上加工,而特殊工件仅能够在它唯一被指定的机器上加工.文中所有特殊工件的指定机器为M1.我们提供了竞争比为(2m2-2m 1)/(m2-m 1)的在线近似算法.当m=2时,算法是最好可能的.当m=3时,算法的竞争比为13/7≈1.857,并且提供了竞争比的下界(1 (平方根33))14≈1.686.     

具有线性恶化效应的在线分批排序问题

本文研究一类具有线性恶化效应的单机在线分批排序问题,工件$J_j$的加工时间为$p_j=b_j+\alpha t$, 其中$b_j$为基本加工时间, $\alpha>0$为恶化率, $t$是开工时间. 工件的到达时间是未知的, 工件的基本加工时间只有在工件到达之后才能知道.多个工件可以作为一批被机器同时加工, 批的加工时间为该批中工件最大加工时间.本文对于目标为极小化makespan的批容量无限的单机问题给出一个在线算法$\beta H^\infty$,并证明其竞争比和问题的下界相同, 进而算法是最优的.     

Single machine scheduling with semi-resumable machine availability constraints

This paper considers the semi-resumable model of single machine scheduling with a non-availability period. The machine is not available for processing during a given time interval. A job cannot be completed before the non-availability period will have to partially restart after the machine has become available again. For the problem with objective of minimizing makespan, the tight worst-case ratio of algorithm LPT is given, and an FPTAS is also proposed. For the problem with objective of minimizing total weighted completion time, an approximation algorithm with worst-case ratio smaller than 2 is presented. Two special cases of the latter problem are also considered, and improved algorithms are given.     

ON-LINE PROBLEMS OF MINIMIZING MAKESPAN ON A SINGLE BATCH PROCESSING MACHINE WITH NONIDENTICAL JOB SIZES

The on-line problem of scheduling on a batch processing machine with nonidentical job sizes to minimize makespan is considered. The batch processing machine can process a number of jobs simultaneously as long as the total size of these jobs being processed does not exceed the machine capacity. The processing time of a batch is given by the longest processing time of any job in the batch. Each job becomes available at its arrival time, which is unknown in advance, and its processing time becomes known upon its arrival. The paper deals with two variants： the case only with two distinct arrival times and the general case. For the first case, an on-line algorithm with competitive ratio 119/44 is given. For the latter one, a simple algorithm with competitive ratio 3 is given. For both variants the better ratios can be obtained if the problem satisfies proportional assumption.     

Scheduling with unexpected machine breakdowns

We investigate an online version of a basic scheduling problem where a set of jobs has to be scheduled on a number of identical machines so as to minimize the makespan. The job processing times are known in advance and preemption of jobs is allowed. Machines are non-continuously available, i.e., they can break down and recover at arbitrary time instances not known in advance. New machines may be added as well. Thus machine availabilities change online. We first show that no online algorithm can construct optimal schedules. We also show that no online algorithm can achieve a bounded competitive ratio if there may be time intervals where no machine is available. Then we present an online algorithm that constructs schedules with an optimal makespan of C_max^OPT if a lookahead of one is given, i.e., the algorithm always knows the next point in time when the set of available machines changes. Finally, we give an online algorithm without lookahead that constructs schedules with a nearly optimal makespan of C_max^OPT+, for any >0, if at any time at least one machine is available. Our results demonstrate that not knowing machine availabilities in advance is of little harm.     

Two-stage open shop scheduling with a bottleneck machine

It is known that for the open shop scheduling problem to minimize the makespan there exists no polynomial-time heuristic algorithm that guarantees a worst-case performance ratio better than 5/4, unless P≠NP. However, this result holds only if the instance of the problem contains jobs consisting of at least three operations. This paper considers the open shop scheduling problem, provided that each job consists of at most two operations, one of which is to be processed on one of the m⩾2 machines, while the other operation must be performed on the bottleneck machine, the same for all jobs. For this NP-hard problem we present a heuristic algorithm and show that its worst-case performance ratio is 5/4.     

Scheduling jobs on a single machine with release dates, delivery times and controllable processing times: worst-case analysis

The paper deals with the problem of scheduling jobs on a single machine, in which each job has a release date, a delivery time and a controllable processing time, having its own associated linearly varying cost. An approximation algorithm for minimizing the overall schedule cost is provided which has the performance guarantee of , where is the worst-case performance bound of a procedure used in the proposed algorithm for solving the pure sequencing problem. The best approximation procedure known has .     

Two-machine flow-shop scheduling with equal processing time on the second machine for minimizing total weighted completion time

We consider the classical two-machine flow-shop scheduling for minimizing the total weighted completion time. For this problem, the computational complexity of a version in which the jobs have a common processing time on the second machine, has not been addressed. We show that the problem is unary NP-hard, answering an open problem posed in Zhu et al. (2016). Then we present an approximation algorithm for the problem with worst-case performance ratio at most 2.     

On-line scheduling on a batch processing machine with unbounded batch size to minimize the makespan

We present on-line algorithms to minimize the makespan on a single batch processing machine. We consider a parallel batching machine that can process up to b jobs simultaneously. Jobs in the same batch complete at the same time. Such a model of a batch processing machine has been motivated by burn-in ovens in final testing stage of semiconductor manufacturing. We deal with the on-line scheduling problem when jobs arrive over time. We consider a set of independent jobs. Their number is not known in advance. Each job is available at its release date and its processing requirement is not known in advance. This general problem with infinite machine capacity is noted 1∣p − batch, r_j, b = ∞∣C_max. Deterministic algorithms that do not insert idle-times in the schedule cannot be better than 2-competitive and a simple rule based on LPT achieved this bound [Z. Liu, W. Yu, Scheduling one batch processor subject to job release dates, Discrete Applied Mathematics 105 (2000) 129–136]. If we are allowed to postpone start of jobs, the performance guarantee can be improved to 1.618. We provide a simpler proof of this best known lower bound for bounded and unbounded batch sizes. We then present deterministic algorithms that are best possible for the problem with unbounded batch size (i.e., b = ∞) and agreeable processing times (i.e., there cannot exist an on-line algorithm with a better performance guarantee). We then propose another algorithm that leads to a best possible algorithm for the general problem with unbounded batch size. This algorithm improves the best known on-line algorithm (i.e. [G. Zhang, X. Cai, C.K. Wong, On-line algorithms for minimizing makespan on batch processing machines, Naval Research Logistics 48 (2001) 241–258]) in the sense that it produces a shortest makespan while ensuring the same worst-case performance guarantee.     

两台平行机的实时到达在线排序

本文考虑一的的在线平行机排序模型－－实时到达在线问题,该模型中,工件是陆续到达的,工件的个数及到达时间是事先未知的,而且只有当工件到达,才知其加工时间,所求目标是使所有工件都加工完的时间达到最小,对两台平行机的情形,Ｃｈｅｎ与Ｖｅｓｔｊｅｎｓ给出近似比为３／２的线ＬＰＴ算法,并证明了不存在近似小于（５－√５）／２的算法,我们利用黄金分割数设计了一个 算法,其近似比不超过（１８－√５）／１１。     

An approximation algorithm for the m-machine permutation flow shop scheduling problem with controllable processing times

The paper deals with the m-machine permutation flow shop scheduling problem in which job processing times, along with a processing order, are decision variables. It is assumed that the cost of processing a job on each machine is a linear function of its processing time and the overall schedule cost to be minimized is the total processing cost plus maximum completion time cost. A algorithm for the problem with m = 2 is provided; the best approximation algorithm until now has a worst-case performance ratio equal to . An extension to the m-machine (m ≥2) permutation flow shop problem yields an approximation algorithm with a worst-case bound equal to

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, where is the worst-case performance ratio of a procedure used, in the proposed algorithm, for solving the (pure) sequencing problem. Moreover, examples which achieve this bound for = 1 are also presented.