Scheduling periodic events (Q584069)
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Scheduling periodic events (English)
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1989
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Consider n periodically recurring events. The problem is to find a schedule which maximizes the minimal distance between consecutive events. This problem is equivalent to the following: n regular polygons with vertices on a circle line shall be inscribed in the circle so as to maximize the distance between the closest vertices on the circle. The problem is proven to be NP-hard. Bounds for the optimal solution and polynomially solvable special cases are derived. Finally a complete enumeration scheme is presented.
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cyclic scheduling
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periodically recurring events
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NP-hard
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polynomially solvable special cases
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complete enumeration
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