A branch‐and‐price algorithm for identical parallel machine scheduling with multiple milestones
Weiya Zhong,
Jia Cui,
Yiwei Jiang
Abstract:This article considers an identical parallel‐machine task scheduling problem motivated by operations management of online services. A task with an integer processing time can be split into sub‐tasks with integer processing times. Each task has multiple integer milestones and at each milestone a nonnegative penalty will occur. The penalty value of a task at a milestone is a convex nonincreasing function of the completed amount by this milestone. Our objective is to determine a feasible schedule for all the task… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.