On the approximability of average completion time scheduling under precedence constraints.

DOI10.1016/S0166-218X(02)00427-4zbMath1073.68021MaRDI QIDQ1408829

Gerhard J. Woeginger

Publication date: 25 September 2003

Published in: Discrete Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Scheduling; Approximation algorithms; Precedence constraints; Interval order; Approximability threshold; Bipartite order

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B35: Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research

68M20: Performance evaluation, queueing, and scheduling in the context of computer systems

68W25: Approximation algorithms

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