We consider the problem of common due window location scheduling on a single machine, where the processing times of jobs depend both on their starting times and positions in a sequence. The problem is to determine the optimal earliest due date, the due window size, and the job schedule simultaneously to minimize costs for earliness, tardiness, earliest due date assignment and due window size pe...

Alidaee and Ahmadian considered a single machine scheduling problem with varying processing times, and presented a polynomial algorithm that minimizes the sum of absolute deviations of jobs’ completion times from a common due date. In this short note we remark that it is possible to eliminate one of the algorithm steps, therefore obtaining a more efficient procedure. We also show that the appro...

In this paper, we compare three multi-objective algorithms based on Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) heuristic. The algorithms are applied to solve the single machine scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times and distinct due windows. In this problem, we consider minimizing the total weighted earliness/tardiness and the total flowtime criteria. We introduce two intensification pr...

Research on non-regular performance measures is at best scarce in the deterministic machine scheduling literature with machine unavailability constraints. Moreover, almost all existing works in this area assume either that processing on jobs interrupted by an interval of machine unavailability may be resumed without any additional setup/processing or that all prior processing is lost. In this w...

Original scientific paper This paper presents a hybrid genetic algorithm for assembly flow-shop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup and transportation times, with objectives, namely the minimizing of weighted, sum of total weighted squared tardiness, makespan, and total weighted squared earliness and number of tardy jobs. Since the problem is NP-hard, we solved this problem by hybr...

In this work, multicriteria decision making objective for flow shop scheduling with sequence dependent set up time and due dates have been developed. Multicriteria decision making objective includes total tardiness, total earliness and makespan simultaneously which is very effective decision making for scheduling jobs in modern manufacturing environment. As problem of flow shop scheduling is NP...

We present a novel model for due date quotation. Jobs arrive at a single server or m-machine flow shop over time. Upon arrival, the processing times on each machine of the job are known, and due dates must be quoted for each job. The jobs are sequenced on the machines without preemption. Associated with each job, there are three measures of disadvantages to the inventory cost and the service le...