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Preemptive open shop scheduling with multiprocessors: polynomial cases and applications

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New Results in the Theory of Linear and Integer Programming

Nicolai Hähnle

The polynomial Hirsch conjecture states that the vertex-edge diameter of a d-dimensional polyhedron with n facets is bounded by a polynomial in d and n. For the special case where the polyhedron is defined as the set of points satisfying a system Ax ≤ b of ...

EPFL2012

Approximation Algorithms for Modern Multi-Processor Scheduling Problems

Martin Niemeier

This thesis is devoted to the design and analysis of algorithms for scheduling problems. These problems are ubiquitous in the modern world. Examples include the optimization of local transportation, managing access to concurrent resources like runways at a ...

EPFL2012

Santa Claus schedules jobs on unrelated machines

Ola Nils Anders Svensson

One of the classic results in scheduling theory is the 2-approximation algorithm by Lenstra, Shmoys, and Tardos for the problem of scheduling jobs to minimize makespan on unrelated machines, i.e., job j requires time p ij if processed on machine i. More th ...

ACM2011

Optimal selection of customers for a last-minute offer

Thomas Rothvoss

We analyze a short-term revenue optimization problem that involves the optimal targeting of customers for a promotion in which a finite number of perishable items are sold on a last-minute offer. The goal is to select the subset of customers to whom the of ...

Informs2010

The Tactical Berth Allocation Problem: integrated optimization in container terminals

Michel Bierlaire, Matteo Salani, Ilaria Vacca

In the context of container terminal operations, the simultaneous optimization of decision problems that are usually solved hierarchically by terminal's planners represents nowadays a promising research trend. In this talk we introduce the Tactical Berth A ...

2010

Solving an Avionics Real-Time Scheduling Problem by Advanced IP-Methods

Friedrich Eisenbrand, Martin Niemeier

We report on the solution of a real-time scheduling problem that arises in the design of software-based operation control of aircraft. A set of tasks has to be distributed on a minimum number of machines and offsets of the tasks have to be computed. The ta ...

Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa2010

Parametric integer programming in fixed dimension

Friedrich Eisenbrand, Gennady Shmonin

We consider the following problem: Given a rational matrix

A \in \mathbb{Q}^{m \times n}

and a rational polyhedron

Q \subseteq \mathbb{R}^{m+p}

, decide if for all vectors

b \in \mathbb{R}^m

, for which there exists an integral

z \in \mathbb{Z}^p

suc ...

2008

A PTAS for Static Priority Real-Time Scheduling with Resource Augmentation

Friedrich Eisenbrand, Thomas Rothvoss

We present a polynomial time approximation scheme for the real-time scheduling problem with fixed priorities when resource augmentation is allowed. For a fixed ε > 0, our algorithmcomputes an assignment using atmost (1+ε)·OPT +1 processors in polynomial ti ...

Springer2008

Variations of coloring problems related to scheduling and discrete tomography

Bernard Ries

The graph coloring problem is one of the most famous problems in graph theory and has a large range of applications. It consists in coloring the vertices of an undirected graph with a given number of colors such that two adjacent vertices get different col ...

EPFL2007

Disassembly scheduling

Hwa-Joong Kim

This dissertation focuses on disassembly scheduling, which is the problem of determining the quantity and timing of disassembling used or end-of-life products while satisfying the demand of their parts/components over a given planning horizon. The objectiv ...

EPFL2005