| Article ID: | iaor20062060 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 165 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 843 |
| End Page Number: | 846 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Cheng T.C. Edwin, Ng C.T., Tian Z.J. |
In this paper we study the single machine total tardiness problem. We first identify some optimality properties based on which a special case with a given number of distinct due dates is proved polynomially solvable. The results are then extended to the case with release dates.