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The parallel machine min‐max weighted absolute lateness scheduling problem

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  • Chung‐Lun Li
  • T. C. E. Cheng

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Given a set of jobs, a processing time and a weight for each job, several parallel and identical machines, and a common due date that is not too early to constrain the scheduling decision, we want to find an optimal job schedule so as to minimize the maximum weighted absolute lateness. We show that this problem is NP‐complete even for the single‐machine case, and is strongly NP‐complete for the general case. We present a polynomial time heuristic for this problem and analyze its worst‐case performance. Empirical testing of the heuristic is reported, and the results suggest that the performance is asymptotically optimal as the number of jobs tends to infinity. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Chung‐Lun Li & T. C. E. Cheng, 1994. "The parallel machine min‐max weighted absolute lateness scheduling problem," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(1), pages 33-46, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:41:y:1994:i:1:p:33-46
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6750(199402)41:13.0.CO;2-S
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