Optimal Rules for Single Machine Scheduling with Stochastic Breakdowns

This paper studies the problem of scheduling a set of jobs on a single machine subject to stochastic breakdowns, where jobs have to be restarted if preemptions occur because of breakdowns. The breakdown process of the machine is independent of the jobs processed on the machine. The processing times...

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Main Authors: Jinwei Gu, Manzhan Gu, Xingsheng Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/260415