Scheduling jobs in open shops with limited machine availability
Jacek Błażewicz, Piotr Formanowicz (2010)
RAIRO - Operations Research
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In this paper, open shop scheduling problems with limited machine availability are studied. Such a limited availability of machines may appear in many real-life situations, as preventive maintenance activities. Three types of jobs are distinguished: non-preemptable, resumable and preemptable. An operation of a resumable job if not completed before a non-availability period of a machine may be suspended and continued without additional cost when the machine becomes available. In the...