| Article ID: | iaor1988526 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 378 |
| End Page Number: | 383 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1988 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Raghavachari M., Vani Vina |
| Keywords: | programming: integer |
This paper considers the problem of ‘balanced’ allocation of incoming jobs to a set of machines with varying efficiencies. A variance criterion is used for defining the extent of imbalance. This research also deals with the case when the rate of disposal of jobs by a machine is not deterministic but a random variable. A few alternative criteria for imbalance are also proposed.