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Single-machine scheduling with periodic maintenance to minimize makespan revisited

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In this paper, a single-machine scheduling problem with periodic maintenance and non-preemptive jobs is considered. The objective is to minimize the makespan. It shows that the classical list scheduling (LS) algorithm, the longest processing time first (LPT) algorithm, and the modified longest processing time first (MLPT) algorithm all have the same worst-case ratio and the same computational complexity for the considered problem. To compare the performances of three considered algorithms in detail, the worst-case ratios of algorithms are formed as single-variable functions of the total number of maintenance activities needed in the optimal schedule. Analysis results show that the bound associated with the LS algorithm is always dominated by the bound associated with the LPT algorithm, and the latter is always dominated by the bound associated with the MLPT algorithm.

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The authors wish to thank the editors and the anonymous referees for their helpful comments on the earlier versions of this paper. This work is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (71171046), the College Graduate Research and Innovation Foundation of Jiangsu Province (CXLX 0162), and the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University (YBJJ1239).

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  1. School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Xianyu Yu & Yulin Zhang

  2. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Xianyu Yu & George Steiner

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Yu, X., Zhang, Y. & Steiner, G. Single-machine scheduling with periodic maintenance to minimize makespan revisited. J Sched 17, 263–270 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-013-0350-0

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