Article ID: | iaor20031410 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 276 |
End Page Number: | 280 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
Authors: | Kononov Alexander, Sviridenko Maxim |
Keywords: | production, heuristics |
In this paper, we demonstrate the existence of a linear time approximation scheme for makespan minimization in the multiprocessor open shop problem with release dates. Our approximation scheme is linear and does not require solving linear program.