Bo Hou, Tianjiao Guo, Suogang Gao, Guanghua Wang, Weili Wu, Wen Liu
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Abstract
In this paper, we consider the W-prize-collecting scheduling problem on parallel machines. In this problem, we are given a set of n jobs, a set of m identical parallel machines and a value W. Each job \(J_j\) has a processing time, a profit and a rejection penalty. Each job is either accepted and processed on one of the machines without preemption, or rejected and paid a rejection penalty. The objective is to minimize the sum of the makespan of accepted jobs and the penalties of rejected jobs, and at the same time the total profit brought by accepted jobs is not less than W. We design a 2-approximation algorithm for the problem based on the greedy method and the list scheduling algorithm.
期刊介绍:
The objective of Journal of Combinatorial Optimization is to advance and promote the theory and applications of combinatorial optimization, which is an area of research at the intersection of applied mathematics, computer science, and operations research and which overlaps with many other areas such as computation complexity, computational biology, VLSI design, communication networks, and management science. It includes complexity analysis and algorithm design for combinatorial optimization problems, numerical experiments and problem discovery with applications in science and engineering.
The Journal of Combinatorial Optimization publishes refereed papers dealing with all theoretical, computational and applied aspects of combinatorial optimization. It also publishes reviews of appropriate books and special issues of journals.