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This paper addresses the incompatible case of parallel batch scheduling, where compatible jobs belong to the same family, and jobs from different families cannot be processed together in the same batch. The state-of-the-art constraint…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-09 Jorge A. Huertas , Pascal Van Hentenryck

We introduce and study a general scheduling problem that we term the Packing Scheduling problem. In this problem, jobs can have different arrival times and sizes; a scheduler can process job $j$ at rate $x_j$, subject to arbitrary packing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-04-07 Sungjin Im , Janardhan Kulkarni , Kamesh Munagala

This paper represents the metaheuristics proposed for solving a class of Shop Scheduling problem. The Bacterial Foraging Optimization algorithm is featured with Ant Colony Optimization algorithm and proposed as a natural inspired computing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-04-15 V. Ravibabu

The Job-shop Scheduling Problem (JSP) is a well-known and challenging combinatorial optimization problem in which tasks sharing a machine are to be arranged in a sequence such that encompassing jobs can be completed as early as possible. In…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Mohammed M. S. El-Kholany , Martin Gebser , Konstantin Schekotihin

We consider a natural generalization of classical scheduling problems in which using a time unit for processing a job causes some time-dependent cost which must be paid in addition to the standard scheduling cost. We study the scheduling…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-03 Lin Chen , Nicole Megow , Roman Rischke , Leen Stougie , José Verschae

We introduce a Python open-source library for $\mathcal{X}$-armed bandit and online blackbox optimization named PyXAB. PyXAB contains the implementations for more than 10 $\mathcal{X}$-armed bandit algorithms, such as HOO, StoSOO, HCT, and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-03-08 Wenjie Li , Haoze Li , Jean Honorio , Qifan Song

This paper introduces pyRecLab, a software library written in C++ with Python bindings which allows to quickly train, test and develop recommender systems. Although there are several software libraries for this purpose, only a few let…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-07-12 Gabriel Sepulveda , Vicente Dominguez , Denis Parra

Motivated by modern parallel computing applications, we consider the problem of scheduling parallel-task jobs with heterogeneous resource requirements in a cluster of machines. Each job consists of a set of tasks that can be processed in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-03 Mehrnoosh Shafiee , Javad Ghaderi

Many AI synthesis problems such as planning or scheduling may be modelized as constraint satisfaction problems (CSP). A CSP is typically defined as the problem of finding any consistent labeling for a fixed set of variables satisfying all…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-03-25 Thomas Schiex

The subject of Job Scheduling Optimisation (JSO) deals with the scheduling of jobs in an organization, so that the single working steps are optimally organized regarding the postulated targets. In this paper a use case is provided which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-13 Marc Geitz , Cristian Grozea , Wolfgang Steigerwald , Robin Stöhr , Armin Wolf

The Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSP) is central to operations research, primarily optimizing energy efficiency due to its profound environmental and economic implications. Efficient scheduling enhances production metrics and mitigates…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Carlos March , Christian Perez , Miguel A. Salido

This article presents an overview of a research study of a crucial optimization problem in the Computer Science/Operations research field: The Job-shop Scheduling Problem (JSP). The JSP is a challenging task in which a set of operations…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Mohammed M. S. El-Kholany

Many complex activities of production cycles, such as quality control or fault analysis, require highly experienced specialists to perform various operations on (semi)finished products using different tools. In practical scenarios, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Giulia Francescutto , Konstantin Schekotihin , Mohammed M. S. El-Kholany

Sparse, irregular graphs show up in various applications like linear algebra, machine learning, engineering simulations, robotic control, etc. These graphs have a high degree of parallelism, but their execution on parallel threads of modern…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Nimish Shah , Wannes Meert , Marian Verhelst

Real world combinatorial optimization problems such as scheduling are typically too complex to solve with exact methods. Additionally, the problems often have to observe vaguely specified constraints of different importance, the available…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Andreas Raggl , Wolfgang Slany

In deterministic optimization, it is typically assumed that all problem parameters are fixed and known. In practice, however, some parameters may be a priori unknown but can be estimated from contextual information. A typical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Bo Tang , Elias B. Khalil

The Python Battery Optimisation and Parameterisation (PyBOP) package provides methods for estimating and optimising battery model parameters, offering both deterministic and stochastic approaches with example workflows to assist users.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-16 Brady Planden , Nicola E. Courtier , Martin Robinson , Agriya Khetarpal , Ferran Brosa Planella , David A. Howey

Applying iterative solvers on sparsity-constrained optimization (SCO) requires tedious mathematical deduction and careful programming/debugging that hinders these solvers' broad impact. In the paper, the library skscope is introduced to…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-10-14 Zezhi Wang , Jin Zhu , Peng Chen , Huiyang Peng , Xiaoke Zhang , Anran Wang , Junxian Zhu , Xueqin Wang

We study heuristic algorithms for job shop scheduling problems. We compare classical approaches, such as the shifting bottleneck heuristic with novel strategies using decision diagrams. Balas' local refinement is used to improve feasible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Brannon King , Robert Hildebrand

When scheduling quantum operations, a shorter overall execution time of the resulting schedule yields a better throughput and higher fidelity output. In this paper, we demonstrate that quantum operation scheduling can be interpreted as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Toshinari Itoko , Takashi Imamichi