This paper addresses linear time algorithms for parallel machine scheduling problems. We introduce a kind of threshold algorithms and discuss their main features. Three linear time threshold algorithm classes DT, PT a...This paper addresses linear time algorithms for parallel machine scheduling problems. We introduce a kind of threshold algorithms and discuss their main features. Three linear time threshold algorithm classes DT, PT and DTm are studied thoroughly. For all classes, we study their best possible algorithms among each class. We also present their application to several scheduling problems, The new algorithms are better than classical algorithms in time complexity and/or worst-case ratio. Computer-aided proof technique is used in the proof of main results, which greatly simplifies the proof and decreases case by case analysis.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10301028,60021201)A preliminary version of this paper appeared in the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Algorithmic Applications in Management,Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3521
文摘This paper addresses linear time algorithms for parallel machine scheduling problems. We introduce a kind of threshold algorithms and discuss their main features. Three linear time threshold algorithm classes DT, PT and DTm are studied thoroughly. For all classes, we study their best possible algorithms among each class. We also present their application to several scheduling problems, The new algorithms are better than classical algorithms in time complexity and/or worst-case ratio. Computer-aided proof technique is used in the proof of main results, which greatly simplifies the proof and decreases case by case analysis.
