Article ID: | iaor20106372 |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 553 |
End Page Number: | 559 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
Journal: | Journal of Scheduling |
Authors: | Zhang Xiandong, Velde Steef |
We identify two classes of machine scheduling problems with time lags that possess Polynomial-Time Approximation Schemes (PTASs). These classes together, one for minimizing makespan and one for minimizing total completion time, include many well-studied time lag scheduling problems. The running times of these approximation schemes are polynomial in the number of jobs, but exponential in the number of machines and the ratio between the largest time lag and the smallest positive operation time. These classes constitute the first PTAS results for scheduling problems with time lags.