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EOR
2010
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Optimal solutions for unrelated parallel machines scheduling problems using convex quadratic reformulations
We consider the unrelated parallel machines scheduling problem where jobs have earliness and tardiness penalties and a common due date. We formulate this problem and some of its v...
Marie-Christine Plateau, Yasmin A. Rios-Solis
APPROX
2009
Springer
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The Power of Preemption on Unrelated Machines and Applications to Scheduling Orders
Abstract. Scheduling jobs on unrelated parallel machines so as to minimize the makespan is one of the basic, well-studied problems in the area of machine scheduling. In the first ...
José R. Correa, Martin Skutella, José...