Article ID: | iaor2001203 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 120 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 250 |
End Page Number: | 259 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Potts Chris N., Glass Celia A., Gerodimos Alex E. |
Keywords: | programming: dynamic |
In this paper, we examine the scheduling of jobs, each of which comprises a standard and a specific component, on a single machine. A set-up time is required before each batch of standard components is processed. A job is completed when both its standard and specific components have been processed and are available. Standard components only become available when the batch to which they belong is completed, whereas specific components are available on completion of their processing. We present results for two well-known due-date related criteria. In particular, an O(