In this paper, we investigate the/-preemptive scheduling on parallel machines to maximize the minimum machine completion time, i.e., machine covering problem with limited number of preemptions. It is aimed to obtain t...In this paper, we investigate the/-preemptive scheduling on parallel machines to maximize the minimum machine completion time, i.e., machine covering problem with limited number of preemptions. It is aimed to obtain the worst case ratio of the objective value of the optimal schedule with unlimited preemptions and that of the schedule allowed to be preempted at most i times. For the m identical machines case, we show the worst case ratio is 2m-i-1/m and we present a polynomial time algorithm which can guarantee the ratio for any 0 〈 i 〈2 m - 1. For the /-preemptive scheduling on two uniform machines case, we only need to consider the cases of i = 0 and i = 1. For both cases, we present two linear time algorithms and obtain the worst case ratios with respect to s, i.e., the ratio of the speeds of two machines.展开更多
This paper investigates the semi-online machine covering problem on three special uniform machines with the known largest size. Denote by sj the speed of each machine, j = 1, 2, 3. Assume 0 〈 s1 = s2 = r 〈 t = s3, a...This paper investigates the semi-online machine covering problem on three special uniform machines with the known largest size. Denote by sj the speed of each machine, j = 1, 2, 3. Assume 0 〈 s1 = s2 = r 〈 t = s3, and let s = t/r be the speed ratio. An algorithm with competitive ratio max（2, 3s＋6/s＋6 is presented. We also show the lower bound is at least max（2, 38 3s/s＋6）. For s ≤ 6, the algorithm is an optimal algorithm with the competitive ratio 2. Besides, its overall competitive ratio is 3 which matches the overall lower bound. The algorithm and the lower bound in this paper improve the results of Luo and Sun.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11001242,11071220)
文摘In this paper, we investigate the/-preemptive scheduling on parallel machines to maximize the minimum machine completion time, i.e., machine covering problem with limited number of preemptions. It is aimed to obtain the worst case ratio of the objective value of the optimal schedule with unlimited preemptions and that of the schedule allowed to be preempted at most i times. For the m identical machines case, we show the worst case ratio is 2m-i-1/m and we present a polynomial time algorithm which can guarantee the ratio for any 0 〈 i 〈2 m - 1. For the /-preemptive scheduling on two uniform machines case, we only need to consider the cases of i = 0 and i = 1. For both cases, we present two linear time algorithms and obtain the worst case ratios with respect to s, i.e., the ratio of the speeds of two machines.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60674071)
文摘This paper investigates the semi-online machine covering problem on three special uniform machines with the known largest size. Denote by sj the speed of each machine, j = 1, 2, 3. Assume 0 〈 s1 = s2 = r 〈 t = s3, and let s = t/r be the speed ratio. An algorithm with competitive ratio max（2, 3s＋6/s＋6 is presented. We also show the lower bound is at least max（2, 38 3s/s＋6）. For s ≤ 6, the algorithm is an optimal algorithm with the competitive ratio 2. Besides, its overall competitive ratio is 3 which matches the overall lower bound. The algorithm and the lower bound in this paper improve the results of Luo and Sun.
