Abstract
We consider a due-window assignment problem on identical parallel machines, where the jobs have equal processing times and job-dependent earliness-tardiness costs. We would like to determine a due window during which the jobs can be completed at no cost and to obtain a job schedule in which the jobs are penalized if they finish before or after the due window. The objective is to minimize the total earliness and tardiness job penalty, plus the cost associated with the size of the due window. We present an algorithm that can solve this problem in O(n 3) time, which is an improvement of the O(n 4) solution procedure developed by Mosheiov and Sarig.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 821-825 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- scheduling; parallel machines; earliness-tardiness; due window; assignment problem
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Strategy and Management