An improved monotone algorithm for scheduling related machines with precedence constraints

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 423-427

  Van Zuylen, Anke ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithmic mechanism design; Monotone algorithms; Precedence constraints; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC MECHANISM DESIGN; MONOTONE ALGORITHMS; PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS; SCHEDULING RELATED MACHINES;

MACHINE DESIGN; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 80855137982     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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