Title :
A Column Generation Method for the Parallel-Machine Scheduling Problem with availability constraint
Author :
Mellouli, Racem ; Sadfi, Cherif ; Chu, Chengbin ; Kacem, Imed
Author_Institution :
ICD-OSI (CNRS FRE 2848), Univ. of Technol. de Troyes
Abstract :
In this paper, we study the problem of scheduling jobs on identical parallel machines with the objective of minimizing the total completion times of jobs where each machine is subject to one unavailability time interval. We provide a column generation based method to obtain a lower bound for the problem. Computational experiments show the interest and the versatility of the proposed method
Keywords :
scheduling; availability constraint; column generation method; job scheduling; lower bound; parallel-machine scheduling problem; Availability; Dynamic programming; Electric breakdown; Integer linear programming; Job shop scheduling; Parallel machines; Postal services; Preventive maintenance; Processor scheduling; Systems engineering and theory; availability constraint; machine scheduling; parallel machines;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Engineering in Systems Applications, IMACS Multiconference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
7-302-13922-9
Electronic_ISBN :
7-900718-14-1
DOI :
10.1109/CESA.2006.4281798
