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A Better Approximation for the Two-Machine Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Time Lags

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Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2003)

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In this paper we consider the two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with time lags. The problem has been known to be strongly NP-hard and 2-approximation algorithms have been obtained. We give a (11/6)-approximation algorithm that runs in O(nlogn) time for an instance with n jobs.

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  1. Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Karuno

  2. Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan

    Hiroshi Nagamochi

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  1. School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan

    Toshihide Ibaraki

  2. Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University, 615-8540, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Naoki Katoh

  3. Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hirotaka Ono

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Karuno, Y., Nagamochi, H. (2003). A Better Approximation for the Two-Machine Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Time Lags. In: Ibaraki, T., Katoh, N., Ono, H. (eds) Algorithms and Computation. ISAAC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2906. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24587-2_33

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