Article ID: | iaor20021178 |
Country: | Belgium |
Volume: | 40 |
Issue: | 1/2 |
Start Page Number: | 70 |
End Page Number: | 80 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
Journal: | Belgian Journal of Operations Research, Statistics and Computer Science |
Authors: | Finke Gerd, Boudhar Mourad |
Keywords: | batch processes |
We consider the problem of minimizing the makespan on a single batch processing machine, in which jobs are not all compatible, i.e. there are at least two jobs that can not be processed simultaneously in the same batch. The capacity of the batch processing machine can be finite or infinite. The processing time of a batch is given by the processing time of the longest jobs in the batch. We prove NP-hardness of the general problem and present polynomial algorithms for several special cases.