Single-machine scheduling to minimize total absolute differences in waiting times with deteriorating jobs

Single-machine scheduling to minimize total absolute differences in waiting times with deteriorating jobs L-H Sun1,2,3, L-Y Sun3,4,5 and J-B Wang2,6∗ 1School of Business Administration, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 2Knowledge Management & Innovation Research Centre, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 3The State Key Laboratory on Mechanic Manufacturing, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 4Management School, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 5The Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education on Process Control and Efficiency, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; and 6Operations Research and Cybernetics Institute, School of Science, Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China