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This paper considers scheduling on identical machines. The scheduling objective considered in this paper generalizes most scheduling minimization problems. In the problem, there are $n$ jobs and each job $j$ is associated with a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Benjamin Moseley

In moldable job scheduling, we are provided $m$ identical machines and $n$ jobs that can be executed on a variable number of machines. The execution time of each job depends on the number of machines assigned to execute that job. For the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Klaus Jansen , Felix Ohnesorge

Recently, the problem of multitasking scheduling has attracted a lot of attention in the service industries where workers frequently perform multiple tasks by switching from one task to another. Hall, Leung and Li (Discrete Applied…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Bin Fu , Yumei Huo , Hairong Zhao

In this paper we consider the problem of scheduling on parallel machines with a presence of incompatibilities between jobs. The incompatibility relation can be modeled as a complete multipartite graph in which each edge denotes a pair of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Tytus Pikies , Krzysztof Turowski , Marek Kubale

Modern computing workloads are often composed of parallelizable jobs. A parallelizable job can be completed more quickly when run on additional servers. However, each job can only use a limited number of servers, known as its…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Benjamin Berg , Benjamin Moseley , Weina Wang , Mor Harchol-Balter

We study the restricted case of Scheduling on Unrelated Parallel Machines. In this problem, we are given a set of jobs $J$ with processing times $p_j$ and each job may be scheduled only on some subset of machines $S_j \subseteq M$. The goal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-12-14 Chidambaram Annamalai

This paper establishes performance guarantees for online algorithms that schedule stochastic, nonpreemptive jobs on unrelated machines to minimize the expected total weighted completion time. Prior work on unrelated machine scheduling with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Varun Gupta , Benjamin Moseley , Marc Uetz , Qiaomin Xie

The proliferation of multi-core and multiprocessor-based computer systems has led to explosive development of parallel applications and hence the need for efficient schedulers. In this paper, we study hierarchical scheduling for malleable…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-12-16 Yangjie Cao , Hongyang Sun , Depei Qian , Weiguo Wu

In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling jobs on parallel identical machines, where the processing times of jobs are uncertain: only interval bounds of processing times are known. The optimality criterion of a schedule is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-25 Maciej Drwal , Roman Rischke

We introduce a natural but seemingly yet unstudied generalization of the problem of scheduling jobs on a single machine so as to minimize the number of tardy jobs. Our generalization lies in simultaneously considering several instances of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Klaus Heeger , Danny Hermelin , George B. Mertzios , Hendrik Molter , Rolf Niedermeier , Dvir Shabtay

This paper considers the problem of scheduling jobs on single and parallel machines where all the jobs possess different processing times but a common due date. There is a penalty involved with each job if it is processed earlier or later…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-13 Abhishek Awasthi , Jörg Lässig , Oliver Kramer

We study a scheduling problem in which jobs may be split into parts, where the parts of a split job may be processed simultaneously on more than one machine. Each part of a job requires a setup time, however, on the machine where the job…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-11 Frans Schalekamp , Rene Sitters , Suzanne van der Ster , Leen Stougie , Victor Verdugo , Anke van Zuylen

Optimizing resource utilization in high-performance computing (HPC) clusters is essential for maximizing both system efficiency and user satisfaction. However, traditional rigid job scheduling often results in underutilized resources and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Patrick Zojer , Jonas Posner , Taylan Özden

We study the problem of scheduling jobs on parallel machines minimizing the total completion time, with each job using exactly one resource. First, we derive fundamental properties of the problem and show that the problem is polynomially…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-11-19 T. Janssen , C. Swennenhuis , A. Bitar , T. Bosman , D. Gijswijt , L. van Iersel , S. Dauzére-Pérès , C. Yugma

This paper considers parallel machine scheduling with incompatibilities between jobs. The jobs form a graph and no two jobs connected by an edge are allowed to be assigned to the same machine. In particular, we study the case where the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Klaus Jansen , Alexandra Lassota , Marten Maack , Tytus Pikies

We introduce a parallel machine scheduling problem in which the processing times of jobs are not given in advance but are determined by a system of linear constraints. The objective is to minimize the makespan, i.e., the maximum job…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-10-30 Kameng Nip , Zhenbo Wang , Zizhuo Wang

In the classical problem of scheduling on unrelated parallel machines, a set of jobs has to be assigned to a set of machines. The jobs have a processing time depending on the machine and the goal is to minimize the makespan, that is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-12-07 Klaus Jansen , Marten Maack

We study problems of scheduling jobs on related machines so as to minimize the makespan in the setting where machines are strategic agents. In this problem, each job $j$ has a length $l_{j}$ and each machine $i$ has a private speed $t_{i}$.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2011-07-18 Lisa Fleischer , Zhenghui Wang

In the paper we consider the problem of scheduling $n$ identical jobs on 4 uniform machines with speeds $s_1 \geq s_2 \geq s_3 \geq s_4,$ respectively. Our aim is to find a schedule with a minimum possible length. We assume that jobs are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-02-08 H. Furmanczyk , M. Kubale

Most practical scheduling applications involve some uncertainty about the arriving times and lengths of the jobs. Stochastic online scheduling is a well-established model capturing this. Here the arrivals occur online, while the processing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Sven Jäger