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On Nonpreemptive Policies for Stochastic Single-Machine Scheduling with Breakdowns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Kevin D. Glazebrook
Kevin D. Glazebrook
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.
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Abstract

A set of stochastic jobs is to be processed on a single machine that is subject to breakdown. All jobs make progress as they are processed in the absence of machine breakdowns. However, breakdowns cause setbacks to (possibly) all jobs in the system, except those that have already been completed. With machines subject only to fairly mild restrictions on this “damage” process, we demonstrate the existence of a nonpreemptive policy that is optimal in the class of all preemptive ones.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 77 - 87
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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