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STOCHASTIC SCHEDULING WITH ASYMMETRIC EARLINESS AND TARDINESS PENALTIES UNDER RANDOM MACHINE BREAKDOWNS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2006

Xiaoqiang Cai  and
Xian Zhou
Xiaoqiang Cai
Affiliation:
Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, E-mail: xqcai@se.cuhk.edu.hk
Xian Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, E-mail: maxzhou@polyu.edu.hk
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Abstract

We study a stochastic scheduling problem of processing a set of jobs on a single machine. Each job has a random processing time Pi and a random due date Di, which are independently and exponentially distributed. The machine is subject to stochastic breakdowns in either preempt-resume or preempt-repeat patterns, with the uptimes following an exponential distribution and the downtimes (repair times) following a general distribution. The problem is to determine an optimal sequence for the machine to process all jobs so as to minimize the expected total cost comprising asymmetric earliness and tardiness penalties, in the form of E[[sum ]αi max{0,Di − Ci} + βi max{0,Ci − Di}]. We find sufficient conditions for the optimal sequences to be V-shaped with respect to {E(Pi)/αi} and {E(Pi)/βi}, respectively, which cover previous results in the literature as special cases. We also find conditions under which optimal sequences can be derived analytically. An algorithm is provided that can compute the best V-shaped sequence.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 635 - 654
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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