Scheduling Jobs with Linear Model of Simultaneous Ageing and Learning Effects

Journal Title: Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services - Year 2011, Vol 5, Issue 1

Abstract

In the paper, we introduce some new scheduling model in which learning and aging effects are both considered simultaneously. In this model the actual processing time of the jobs depends only on its position in a schedule and can be described by the piecewise linear function. For single-processor problem with introduced model, we show that the problem of minimizing the makespan criterion for independent jobs with release dates is strongly NPhard, but some special cases of this problem are polynomially solvable. Based on those special cases, we propose 4 heuristic algorithms and we experimentally examine their usefulness for solving the general problem.

Authors and Affiliations

Agata Rusoń, Maciej Lichtenstein, Adam Janiak

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  • EP ID EP166877
  • DOI 10.7494/dmms.2011.5.1.37
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Agata Rusoń, Maciej Lichtenstein, Adam Janiak (2011). Scheduling Jobs with Linear Model of Simultaneous Ageing and Learning Effects. Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services, 5(1), 37-48. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-166877