An improved heuristic for parallel machine weighted flowtime scheduling with family set-up times

DOI10.1016/j.camwa.2011.10.077zbMath1238.90068OpenAlexW2061490406MaRDI QIDQ418297

Liang-Chuan Chen, Chien-Wen Chao, Ching-Jong Liao

Publication date: 28 May 2012

Published in: Computers \& Mathematics with Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2011.10.077

zbMATH Keywords

parallel machinesheuristicfamily set-up timesweighted flowtime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35)

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