{"title":"Anchor-robust project scheduling with non-availability periods","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.disopt.2024.100864","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In large-scale scheduling applications, it is often decisive to find reliable schedules prior to the execution of the project. Most of the time however, data is affected by various sources of uncertainty. Robust optimization is used to overcome this imperfect knowledge. Anchor robustness, as introduced in the literature for processing time uncertainty, makes it possible to guarantee job starting times for a subset of jobs. In this paper, anchor robustness is extended to the case where uncertain non-availability periods must be taken into account. Three problems are considered in the case of budgeted uncertainty: checking that a given subset of jobs is anchored in a given schedule, finding a schedule of minimal makespan in which a given subset of jobs is anchored and finding an anchored subset of maximum weight in a given schedule. Polynomial time algorithms are proposed for the first two problems while an inapproximability result is given for the third one.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50571,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Optimization","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Discrete Optimization","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572528624000434","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In large-scale scheduling applications, it is often decisive to find reliable schedules prior to the execution of the project. Most of the time however, data is affected by various sources of uncertainty. Robust optimization is used to overcome this imperfect knowledge. Anchor robustness, as introduced in the literature for processing time uncertainty, makes it possible to guarantee job starting times for a subset of jobs. In this paper, anchor robustness is extended to the case where uncertain non-availability periods must be taken into account. Three problems are considered in the case of budgeted uncertainty: checking that a given subset of jobs is anchored in a given schedule, finding a schedule of minimal makespan in which a given subset of jobs is anchored and finding an anchored subset of maximum weight in a given schedule. Polynomial time algorithms are proposed for the first two problems while an inapproximability result is given for the third one.
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Discrete Optimization publishes research papers on the mathematical, computational and applied aspects of all areas of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. In addition to reports on mathematical results pertinent to discrete optimization, the journal welcomes submissions on algorithmic developments, computational experiments, and novel applications (in particular, large-scale and real-time applications). The journal also publishes clearly labelled surveys, reviews, short notes, and open problems. Manuscripts submitted for possible publication to Discrete Optimization should report on original research, should not have been previously published, and should not be under consideration for publication by any other journal.