Due date assignment and scheduling on a single machine with two competing agents

We study a single-machine due date assignment and scheduling problem involving two agents each seeking to optimise its own performance. We consider three due date assignment methods, namely the common, slack and unrestricted due date assignment methods. For each due date assignment method, we consid...

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Published in:International journal of production research Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 1152 - 1169
Main Authors: Wang, Du-Juan, Yin, Yunqiang, Cheng, Shuenn-Ren, Cheng, T.C.E., Wu, Chin-Chia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Taylor & Francis 16.02.2016
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects:
Algorithms
Approximation
Constraints
Cost engineering
due date assignment
Due dates
Dynamic programming
Mathematical analysis
Optimization
Production scheduling
Scheduling
two agents
ISSN:0020-7543, 1366-588X
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Summary:We study a single-machine due date assignment and scheduling problem involving two agents each seeking to optimise its own performance. We consider three due date assignment methods, namely the common, slack and unrestricted due date assignment methods. For each due date assignment method, we consider two types of optimisation problem, namely a linear combination optimisation problem (minimising the total integrated cost of the two agents) and a constrained optimisation problem (minimising the objective of one agent, subject to an upper bound on the objective of the other agent). We present a polynomial-time dynamic programming algorithm to solve the linear combination optimisation problem, and show that the constrained optimisation problem is -hard in the ordinary sense and admits a fully polynomial-time approximation scheme.
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ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2015.1056317