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An optimal solution to the problem of scheduling real-time tasks on a set of identical processors is derived. The described approach is based on solving an equivalent uniprocessor real-time scheduling problem. Although there are other…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2011-04-19 Paul Regnier , George Lima , Ernesto Massa

In this study, we investigate a scheduling problem on identical machines in which jobs require initial setup before execution. We assume that an algorithm can dynamically form a batch (i.e., a collection of jobs to be processed together)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Yasushi Kawase , Kazuhisa Makino , Vinh Long Phan , Hanna Sumita

We consider a single machine scheduling problem that seeks to minimize a generalized cost function: given a subset of jobs we must order them so as to minimize $\sum f_j(C_j)$, where $C_j$ is the completion time of job $j$ and $f_j$ is a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-12-14 Julián Mestre , José Verschae

We consider the classic problem of scheduling jobs with precedence constraints on identical machines to minimize makespan, in the presence of communication delays. In this setting, denoted by $\mathsf{P} \mid \mathsf{prec}, c \mid…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Sami Davies , Janardhan Kulkarni , Thomas Rothvoss , Jakub Tarnawski , Yihao Zhang

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

This paper presents a novel idea for the general case of the Common Due-Date (CDD) scheduling problem. The problem is about scheduling a certain number of jobs on a single or parallel machines where all the jobs possess different processing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-07 Abhishek Awasthi , Jörg Lässig , Oliver Kramer

This paper addresses the problem of scheduling jobs on identical machines with conflict constraints, where certain jobs cannot be scheduled simultaneously on different machines. We focus on the case where conflicts can be represented by a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Nour ElHouda Tellache , Lydia Aoudia , Mourad Boudhar

In this paper we consider the classic scheduling problem of minimizing total weighted completion time on unrelated machines when jobs have release times, i.e, $R | r_{ij} | \sum_j w_j C_j$ using the three-field notation. For this problem, a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-29 Sungjin Im , Shi Li

We consider the classical problem of minimizing the total weighted flow-time for unrelated machines in the online \emph{non-clairvoyant} setting. In this problem, a set of jobs $J$ arrive over time to be scheduled on a set of $M$ machines.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-04-09 Sungjin Im , Janardhan Kulkarni , Kamesh Munagala , Kirk Pruhs

A very well-known machine model in scheduling allows the machines to be unrelated, modelling jobs that might have different characteristics on each machine. Due to its generality, many optimization problems of this form are very difficult…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-07 Vincenzo Bonifaci , Andreas Wiese

We consider the uniform parallel machines scheduling problem in the context of optimistic bilevel optimization, where two speed options are considered. In this scenario, the leader aims to minimize the weighted number of tardy jobs, while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Quentin Schau , Olivier Ploton , Vincent T'kindt , Han Hoogeveen , Federico Della Croce , Jippe Hoogeveen

Malleable scheduling is a model that captures the possibility of parallelization to expedite the completion of time-critical tasks. A malleable job can be allocated and processed simultaneously on multiple machines, occupying the same time…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Dimitris Fotakis , Jannik Matuschke , Orestis Papadigenopoulos

This paper studies a generalized busy-time scheduling model on heterogeneous machines. The input to the model includes a set of jobs and a set of machine types. Each job has a size and a time interval during which it should be processed.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-14 Mozhengfu Liu , Xueyan Tang

We study approximation algorithms for scheduling problems with the objective of minimizing total weighted completion time, under identical and related machine models with job precedence constraints. We give algorithms that improve upon many…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-26 Shi Li

Due to the ubiquity of batch data processing in cloud computing, the related problem of scheduling malleable batch tasks and its extensions have received significant attention recently. In this paper, we consider a fundamental model where a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Xiaohu Wu , Patrick Loiseau

We study the scheduling problem of makespan minimization while taking machine conflicts into account. Machine conflicts arise in various settings, e.g., shared resources for pre- and post-processing of tasks or spatial restrictions. In this…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Moritz Buchem , Linda Kleist , Daniel Schmidt genannt Waldschmidt

We study the problem of executing an application represented by a precedence task graph on a parallel machine composed of standard computing cores and accelerators. Contrary to most existing approaches, we distinguish the allocation and the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-20 Marcos Amaris , Giorgio Lucarelli , Clément Mommessin , Denis Trystram

The paper considers scheduling on parallel machines under the constraint that some pairs of jobs cannot be processed concurrently. Each job has an associated weight, and all jobs have the same deadline. The objective is to maximise the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Yakov Zinder , Joanna Berlińska , Charlie Peter

We consider scheduling problems for unit jobs with release times, where the number or size of the gaps in the schedule is taken into consideration, either in the objective function or as a constraint. Except for a few papers on energy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Marek Chrobak , Mordecai Golin , Tak-Wah Lam , Dorian Nogneng

We investigate the scheduling of $n$ jobs divided into $c$ classes on $m$ identical parallel machines. For every class there is a setup time which is required whenever a machine switches from the processing of one class to another class.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-02 Max A. Deppert , Klaus Jansen