Asymmetric Earliness and Tardiness Scheduling with Exponential Processing Times on an Unreliable Machine

We address the problem of processing a set of jobs on a single machine under random due dates with a common distribution. The processing times of the jobs are exponentially distributed random variables with means _i , and the machine is subject to stochastic breakdowns governed by a Poisson process. Each job i is associated with a job-dependent weight w _i . The objective is to schedule the jobs so as to minimize the expected sum of the weighted earliness and tardiness costs of all jobs, which are quadratic functions of the deviations of job completion times from the due dates. We show that the problem is NP-complete. Nevertheless, important optimality properties exist, which can be utilized to develop effective algorithms to solve the problem. Specifically, we prove that, in the case where the weights assigned to both the earliness and tardiness are symmetric, an optimal sequence for the problem must be V-shaped with respect to { _i /w _i }, in the sense that the sequence will first process jobs in a nonincreasing order of { _i /w _i } and then in a nondecreasing order of { _i /w _i }. In the case where asymmetric weights are assigned to the earliness and tardiness costs, the optimal sequence must also be V-shaped with respect to { _i /w _i }, if the due dates are exponentially distributed. Dynamic programming algorithms are proposed which can find the best V-shaped sequences.     

一个非常规目标函数的单机随机调度的最优策略

本文考虑了n个工件在同一台机器上加工的调度问题 ,其中工件的加工时间和交货期都是具有任意分布的随机变量 .我们考虑了一个非常规目标函数 ,其中工件的权数与平均加工时间成比例 .在工件的交货期与加工时间满足相容条件下 ,得到了个简单的最优排序策略 .     

恶化率与工件无关的线性加工时间调度问题

讨论恶化率与工件无关的线性加工时间调度问题 .对于工件间具有平行链约束 ,目标函数为极小化最大完工时间的单机问题 ,分别就链不允许中断和链允许中断两种情况给出了最优算法 .对于工件间没有优先约束 ,目标函数为极小化完工时间和的平行机问题 ,证明了工件按基本加工时间不减排列可以得到最优调度 .     

非线性加工时间单机排序问题

讨论工件加工时间是等待时间的非线性增加函数的单机排序问题,目标函数为极小化完工时间和与极小化最大延误.基于对问题的分析,对于一般非线性函数的情况,给出了工件间的优势关系.对于某些特殊情况,利用工件间的优势关系得到了求解最优排序的多项式算法.推广了文献中的结论.     

具有学习效应和加工时间可控的平行机排序问题

本文研究了一类不相关平行机的排序问题,在该问题中工件的加工时间既具有学习效应,又资源可控,也就是说在该问题模型中,工件的实际加工时间为其正常的加工时间、加工过程中工件所处位置以及加工时间可控这些变量的函数。该研究的目的是为使得总机器负载和总的控制费用的加权和最小以及总的完工时间和总的控制费用的加权和最小。文章通过对问题的相关性质的分析和证明找到了一个解决问题的最优化算法,并且也证明了在处理机的数量给定的条件下,该问题的时间复杂性为O(n^m+2),最后也给出了相应的数值例子来阐述该问题。     

两类加工时间是一般函数的单机排序问题

考虑了两类有一般加工时间函数的排序问题. 工件的加工时间分别为基本加工时间与开工时间函数、位置函数的和. 对加工时间依赖开工时间的模型,证明了一定条件下极小化最大完工时间和极小化总完工时间是多项式可解的. 对加工时间依赖开工位置的模型,给出极小化最大完工时间和极小化总完工时间的最优序,同时证明了极小化加权总完工时间的一个最优排序性质并给出一个贪婪算法.     

离散加工时间的可控排序问题

本文主要研究了离散加工时间的可控排序问题,目标函数是总压缩费用约束下极小化最大完工时间,对单机工件有不同到达时间以及同型机工件到达时间都相同这两个问题,我们设计了伪多项式时间的动态规划算法,并给出了相应的FPTAS算法．     

Group Scheduling with Controllable Setup and Processing Times: Minimizing Total Weighted Completion Time

The following single machine scheduling problem is studied. A partition of a set of n jobs into g groups on the basis of group technology is given. The machine processes jobs of the same group contiguously, with a sequence independent setup time preceding the processing of each group. The setup times and the job processing times are controllable through the allocation of a continuously divisible or discrete resource to them. Each job uses the same amount of the resource. Each setup also uses the same amount of resource, which may be different from that for the jobs. Polynomial-time algorithms are constructed for variants of the problem of finding an optimal job sequence and resource values so as to minimize the total weighted job completion time, subject to given restrictions on resource consumption. The algorithms are based on a polynomial enumeration of the candidates for an optimal job sequence and solving the problem with a fixed job sequence by linear programming. This research was supported in part by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under grant number G-T246 and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong under grant number PolyU 5191/01E. In addition, the research of M.Y. Kovalyov was supported by INTAS under grant number 00-217.     

Stochastic scheduling to minimize expected maximum lateness

This paper is concerned with the problems in scheduling a set of jobs associated with random due dates on a single machine so as to minimize the expected maximum lateness in stochastic environment. This is a difficult problem and few efforts have been reported on its solution in the literature. In this paper, we first derive a deterministic equivalent to the expected maximum lateness and then propose a dynamic programming algorithm to obtain the optimal solutions. The procedures to compute optimal solutions are initially developed in the case of deterministic processing times, and then extended to stochastic processing times following arbitrary probability distributions. Moreover, several heuristic rules are suggested to compute near-optimal solutions, which are shown to be highly efficient and accurate by computer-based experiments.     

基于一般学习效应下的单机排序问题

近来具有学习效应的机器排序问题收到广泛的关注.对于机器排序中工件的实际加工来说,与工件加工位置有关的学习模型更具有现实性.本文研究了工件加工位置和与已经加工过的工件之和有关的一般学习效应模型.首先证明文献中与位置和已经加工过的工件加工时间之和有关的学习模型是本模型的特殊情形.其次对于单机排序问题我们提出一般解法.     

加工时间可控和简单线性增长的平行机排序

本文研究加工时间可控并随开工时间简单线性增长的平行机排序问题.证明了该问题为NP-难问题,该问题存在满足以下性质的最优排序:每个工件的加工时间要么完全压缩,要么完全不压缩;每台机器的工件排序由一个工件参数和控制变量的函数的递增序给出.通过将问题等价转换为0-1非线性整数规划问题,给出了平行机排序问题的贪婪算法.     

具有线性减少加工时间的资源约束单机排序问题

讨论具有连续资源的单机排序问题.在这一模型中,工件的准备时间是所消耗资源的非负严格减少连续函数,工件的加工时间是开工时间的严格减少线性函数.考虑两类问题,第一类问题的目标函数是在满足最大完工时间限制条件下极小化资源消耗总量.第二类问题的目标函数是在满足资源消耗总量限制条件下极小化最大完工时间.对两类问题讨论了最优排序的某些特征.基于对问题的分析,分别给出了求解最优资源分配的方法.结果表明,加工时间为常数情况的结论对于加工时间是开工时间线性函数的情况仍然成立.     

延误工件个数与最大加工时间压缩比例之和的可控排序

研究工件加工时间可控的排序问题，讨论的目标函数是延误工件个数与最大加工时间压缩比例之和，证明这一问题是多项式时间可解的。     

加工时间可控的单台机器排序问题的近似算法

本文研究加工时间可控的单台机器的赋权的总完工时间问题.它是一个NP 难问题.我们利用半定规划松弛的技巧给出它的一个1.2752-近似算法.     

Optimal Guaranteed Cost Control of Stochastic Discrete-Time Systems with States and Input Dependent Noise Under Markovian Switching

A problem of robust guaranteed cost control of stochastic discrete-time systems with parametric uncertainties under Markovian switching is considered. The control is simultaneously applied to both the random and the deterministic components of the system. The noise (the random) term depends on both the states and the control input. The jump Markovian switching is modeled by a discrete-time Markov chain and the noise or stochastic environmental disturbance is modeled by a sequence of identically independently normally distributed random variables. Using linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) approach, the robust quadratic stochastic stability is obtained. The proposed control law for this quadratic stochastic stabilization result depended on the mode of the system. This control law is developed such that the closed-loop system with a cost function has an upper bound under all admissible parameter uncertainties. The upper bound for the cost function is obtained as a minimization problem. Two numerical examples are given to demonstrate the potential of the proposed techniques and obtained results.     

具有优先权和准备时间的自由作业时间表问题

研究具有优先权和准备时间的自由作业时间表问题 ,在稠密时间表的情况下 ,给出一种启发式算法 ,猜想该算法的紧界是 2 -2 /( m +1 ) ,其中 m是机器台数 .对于只有两台机器的情况 ,即当 m =2 时 ,证明该算法的最坏性能比是 4/3 ,并通过实例证明上界是紧的 .     

A unified approach for scheduling with convex resource consumption functions using positional penalties

We provide a unified model for solving single machine scheduling problems with controllable processing times in polynomial time using positional penalties. We show how this unified model can be useful in solving three different groups of scheduling problems. The first group includes four different due date assignment problems to minimize an objective function which includes costs for earliness, tardiness, due date assignment, makespan and total resource consumption. The second group includes three different due date assignment problems to minimize an objective function which includes the weighted number of tardy jobs, due date assignment costs, makespan and total resource consumption costs. The third group includes various scheduling problems which do not involve due date assignment decisions. We show that each of the problems from the first and the third groups can be reduced to a special case of our unified model and thus can be solved in O(n³)$O(n^3)$ time. Furthermore, we show how the unified model can be used repeatedly as a subroutine to solve all problems from the second group in O(n⁴)$O(n^4)$ time. In addition, we also show that faster algorithms exist for several special cases.     

给定零点的指数型整函数Ⅱ

研究了如下问题:给定右半平面一复数列,以该复数列为零点的指数型整函数在虚轴上的增长性有什么表现?并给出了完整的解答.这是对Malliavin和Rubel关于给定右半平面一复数列为零点的指数型整函数性质的研究工作的一个推广.     

主次指标为最小化总完工时间和存储费用的带有准备时间的单机分批排序问题

In this paper, the single machine scheduling problem with release dates and two hierarchical criteria is discussed. The first criterion is to minimize makespan, and the second criterion is to minimize stocking cost. We show that this problem is strongly NP-hard. We also give an O(n2) time algorithm for the special case that all stocking costs of jobs in unit time are 1.     

Scheduling on a Batch Processing Machine with Split Compatibility Graphs

We consider the problem of minimizing the makespan on a batch processing machine, in which jobs are not all compatible. Only compatible jobs can be included into the same batch. This relation of compatibility is represented by a split graph. All jobs are available at the same date. The capacity of the batch processing machine is finite or infinite. The processing time of a batch is given by the processing time of the longest job in the batch. We establish the NP-hardness of the general problem and present polynomial algorithms for several special cases.