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October  2011, 7(4): 825-848. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2011.7.825

Single-machine scheduling with stepwise tardiness costs and release times

Güvenç Şahin 1, and  Ravindra K. Ahuja 2,

1. 

Sabanci University, Manufacturing Systems and Industrial Engineering Program, Orhanli-Tuzla 34956 Istanbul, Turkey
2. 

University of Florida, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States

Received  August 2010 Revised  May 2011 Published  August 2011

We study a scheduling problem that belongs to the yard operations component of the railroad planning problems, namely the hump sequencing problem. The scheduling problem is characterized as a single-machine problem with stepwise tardiness cost objectives. This is a new scheduling criterion which is also relevant in the context of traditional machine scheduling problems. We produce complexity results that characterize some cases of the problem as pseudo-polynomially solvable. For the difficult-to-solve cases of the problem, we develop mathematical programming formulations, and propose heuristic algorithms. We test the formulations and heuristic algorithms on randomly generated single-machine scheduling problems and real-life data sets for the hump sequencing problem. Our experiments show promising results for both sets of problems.
Keywords: railyards, yard operations., stepwise tardiness, hump sequencing, Single-machine scheduling.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90B35, 90C60; Secondary: 90B0.
Citation: Güvenç Şahin, Ravindra K. Ahuja. Single-machine scheduling with stepwise tardiness costs and release times. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2011, 7 (4) : 825-848. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2011.7.825
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M. van den Akker, "LP-based Solution Methods for Single-Machine Scheduling Problems,", Ph.D Thesis, (1994).   Google Scholar

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M. van den Akker, C. A. J. Hurkens and M. W. P. Savelsbergh, Time-indexed formulations for machine scheduling problems: Column generation,, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 12 (2000), 111.  doi: 10.1287/ijoc.12.2.111.11896.  Google Scholar

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C. F. Daganzo, R. G. Dowling and R. W. Hall, Railroad classification yard throughput: The case of multistage triangular sorting,, Transportation Research Part A, 17 (1983), 95.  doi: 10.1016/0191-2607(83)90063-8.  Google Scholar

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C. F. Daganzo, Static blocking at railyards: Sorting implications and tracks requirements,, Transportation Science, 20 (1986), 186.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.20.3.189.  Google Scholar

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C. F. Daganzo, Dynamic blocking for railyards: Part II. Heterogeneous traffic,, Transportation Research Part B, 21 (1987), 29.  doi: 10.1016/0191-2615(87)90019-1.  Google Scholar

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R. L. Graham, E. L. Lawler, J. K. Lenstra and A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan, Optimization and approximation in deterministic sequencing and scheduling: A survey,, Discrete Optimization (Proc. Adv. Res. Inst. Discrete Optimization and Systems Appl., 5 (1979), 287.  doi: 10.1016/S0167-5060(08)70356-X.  Google Scholar

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L. A. Hall, A. S. Schulz, D. B. Shmoys and J. Wein, Scheduling to minimize average completion time: Off-line and on-line approximation algorithms,, Mathematics of Operations Research, 22 (1997), 513.  doi: 10.1287/moor.22.3.513.  Google Scholar

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E. R. Kraft, A Hump sequencing algorithm for real time management of train connection reliability,, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 30 (2000), 95.   Google Scholar

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E. R. Kraft, Priority-based classification for improving connection reliability in railroad yards-part I: Integration with car scheduling,, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 56 (2002), 93.   Google Scholar

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E. R. Kraft, Priority-based classification for improving connection reliability in railroad yards-part II: Dynamic block to track assignment,, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 56 (2002), 107.   Google Scholar

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C. D. Martland, PMAKE analysis: Predicting rail yard time distributions using probabilistic train connection standards,, Transportation Science, 16 (1982), 476.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.16.4.476.  Google Scholar

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E. R. Petersen, Railyard modeling: Part I. Prediction of put-through time,, Transportation Science, 11 (1977), 37.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.11.1.37.  Google Scholar

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E. R. Petersen, Railyard modeling: Part II. The effect of yard facilities on congestion,, Transportation Science, 11 (1977), 50.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.11.1.50.  Google Scholar

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C. Phillips, C. Stein and J. Wein, Minimizing average completion time in the presence of release dates,, Mathematical Programming B, 82 (1998), 199.  doi: 10.1007/BF01585872.  Google Scholar

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M. W. P. Savelsbergh, R. N. Uma and J. Wein, An experimental study of LP-based approximation algorithms for scheduling problems,, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 17 (2005), 123.  doi: 10.1287/ijoc.1030.0055.  Google Scholar

[23]

J. P. De Sousa and L. A. Wolsey, A time-indexed formulation of non-preemptive single-machine scheduling problems,, Mathematical Programming, 54 (1992), 353.  doi: 10.1007/BF01586059.  Google Scholar

[24]

M. A. Turnquist and M. S. Daskin, Queuing models of classification and delay in railyards,, Transportation Science, 16 (1982), 207.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.16.2.207.  Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

M. van den Akker, "LP-based Solution Methods for Single-Machine Scheduling Problems,", Ph.D Thesis, (1994).   Google Scholar

[2]

M. van den Akker, C. A. J. Hurkens and M. W. P. Savelsbergh, Time-indexed formulations for machine scheduling problems: Column generation,, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 12 (2000), 111.  doi: 10.1287/ijoc.12.2.111.11896.  Google Scholar

[3]

J. R. Birge and M. J. Maddox, Bounds on expected project tardiness,, Operations Research, 43 (1995), 838.  doi: 10.1287/opre.43.5.838.  Google Scholar

[4]

P. Brucker and S. Knust, Complexity results for scheduling problems,, Available from: \url{http://www.informatik.uni-osnabrueck.de/knust/class/} (accessed 1 March 2011)., (2011).   Google Scholar

[5]

J. Curry and B. Peters, "Solving Parallel Machine Scheduling Problems with Stepwise Increasing Tardiness Cost Objectives,", Working Paper, (2004).   Google Scholar

[6]

J. Curry and B. Peters, Rescheduling parallel machines with stepwise increasing tardiness,, International Journal of Production Research, 43 (2005), 3231.  doi: 10.1080/00207540500103953.  Google Scholar

[7]

C. F. Daganzo, R. G. Dowling and R. W. Hall, Railroad classification yard throughput: The case of multistage triangular sorting,, Transportation Research Part A, 17 (1983), 95.  doi: 10.1016/0191-2607(83)90063-8.  Google Scholar

[8]

C. F. Daganzo, Static blocking at railyards: Sorting implications and tracks requirements,, Transportation Science, 20 (1986), 186.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.20.3.189.  Google Scholar

[9]

C. F. Daganzo, Dynamic blocking for railyards: Part I. Homogeneous traffic,, Transportation Research Part B, 21 (1987), 1.  doi: 10.1016/0191-2615(87)90018-X.  Google Scholar

[10]

C. F. Daganzo, Dynamic blocking for railyards: Part II. Heterogeneous traffic,, Transportation Research Part B, 21 (1987), 29.  doi: 10.1016/0191-2615(87)90019-1.  Google Scholar

[11]

J. Du and J. Y.-T. Leung, Minimizing total tardiness on one machine is NP-hard,, Mathematics of Operations Research, 15 (1990), 483.  doi: 10.1287/moor.15.3.483.  Google Scholar

[12]

R. L. Graham, E. L. Lawler, J. K. Lenstra and A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan, Optimization and approximation in deterministic sequencing and scheduling: A survey,, Discrete Optimization (Proc. Adv. Res. Inst. Discrete Optimization and Systems Appl., 5 (1979), 287.  doi: 10.1016/S0167-5060(08)70356-X.  Google Scholar

[13]

L. A. Hall, A. S. Schulz, D. B. Shmoys and J. Wein, Scheduling to minimize average completion time: Off-line and on-line approximation algorithms,, Mathematics of Operations Research, 22 (1997), 513.  doi: 10.1287/moor.22.3.513.  Google Scholar

[14]

E. R. Kraft, A Hump sequencing algorithm for real time management of train connection reliability,, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 30 (2000), 95.   Google Scholar

[15]

E. R. Kraft, Priority-based classification for improving connection reliability in railroad yards-part I: Integration with car scheduling,, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 56 (2002), 93.   Google Scholar

[16]

E. R. Kraft, Priority-based classification for improving connection reliability in railroad yards-part II: Dynamic block to track assignment,, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 56 (2002), 107.   Google Scholar

[17]

E. L. Lawler, "A 'Pseudopolynomial' Algorithm for Sequencing Jobs to Minimize Total Tardiness,", Studies in Integer Programming (Proc. Workshop, 1 (1977), 331.  doi: 10.1016/S0167-5060(08)70742-8.  Google Scholar

[18]

C. D. Martland, PMAKE analysis: Predicting rail yard time distributions using probabilistic train connection standards,, Transportation Science, 16 (1982), 476.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.16.4.476.  Google Scholar

[19]

E. R. Petersen, Railyard modeling: Part I. Prediction of put-through time,, Transportation Science, 11 (1977), 37.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.11.1.37.  Google Scholar

[20]

E. R. Petersen, Railyard modeling: Part II. The effect of yard facilities on congestion,, Transportation Science, 11 (1977), 50.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.11.1.50.  Google Scholar

[21]

C. Phillips, C. Stein and J. Wein, Minimizing average completion time in the presence of release dates,, Mathematical Programming B, 82 (1998), 199.  doi: 10.1007/BF01585872.  Google Scholar

[22]

M. W. P. Savelsbergh, R. N. Uma and J. Wein, An experimental study of LP-based approximation algorithms for scheduling problems,, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 17 (2005), 123.  doi: 10.1287/ijoc.1030.0055.  Google Scholar

[23]

J. P. De Sousa and L. A. Wolsey, A time-indexed formulation of non-preemptive single-machine scheduling problems,, Mathematical Programming, 54 (1992), 353.  doi: 10.1007/BF01586059.  Google Scholar

[24]

M. A. Turnquist and M. S. Daskin, Queuing models of classification and delay in railyards,, Transportation Science, 16 (1982), 207.  doi: 10.1287/trsc.16.2.207.  Google Scholar

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