Parametric algorithms for 2-cyclic robot scheduling with interval processing times

Journal of Scheduling

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-279

  Kats, Vladimir ^a   Levner, Eugene ^b  

^a Institute for Industrial Mathematics Israel   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Binary search; Cyclic scheduling; Efficient algorithms; Graph theoretic models; Polynomial models; Robotic scheduling

Indexed keywords

BINARY SEARCH; CYCLIC SCHEDULING; EFFICIENT ALGORITHM; GRAPH-THEORETIC MODELS; POLYNOMIAL MODELS; ROBOTIC SCHEDULING;

GRAPH THEORY; ROBOTS;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79958090459     PISSN: 10946136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10951-010-0166-0     Document Type: Article

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