Jorge M. S. Valente *

Rui A. F. S. Alves *

* Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto

{jvalente, ralves}@fep.up.pt

Abstract:

In this paper we consider the single machine scheduling problem with integer release dates and the objective of minimising the sum of deviations of jobs' completion times from a common integer due date. We present an efficient polynomial algorithm for the unit processing time case. We also show how to calculate in polynomial time the minimum non-restrictive due date for the general case.

Keywords: scheduling, early-tardy, common due date, unit processing times, release dates

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