This paper introduces a new approach for decentralized scheduling in a parallel machine environment based on the ant colonies optimization algorithm. The algorithm extends the use of the traveling salesman problem for scheduling in one single machine, to a multiple machine problem. The results are presented using simple and illustrative examples, and show that the algorithm is able to optimize ...

This paper discusses a new work-scheduling algorithm for parallel search of single-agent state spaces, called Transposition-Table-Driven Work Scheduling, that places the transposition table at the heart of the parallel work scheduling. The scheme results in less synchronization overhead, less processor idle time, and less redundant search effort. Measurements on a 128-processor parallel machine...

This paper presents a simulated annealing algorithm to minimize makespan of single machine scheduling problem with uniform parallel machines. The single machine scheduling problem with uniform parallel machines consists of n jobs, each with single operation, which are to be scheduled on m parallel machines with different speeds. Since, this scheduling problem is a combinatorial problem; usage o...

The just-in-time production philosophy has led to a growing interest in scheduling problems considering both earliness and tardiness penalties. Most publications considering these so-called non-regular objective functions are devoted to single machine problems. In the case of multi-machine problems, there are some papers dealing with parallel machine problems. However, for multi-operation sched...

In this paper, we provide a new class of randomized approximation algorithms for scheduling problems by directly interpreting solutions to so-called time-indexed LPs as probabilities. The most general model we consider is scheduling unrelated parallel machines with release dates (or even network scheduling) so as to minimize the average weighted completion time. The crucial idea for these multi...

| Most static scheduling algorithms that schedule parallel programs represented by directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are sequential. This paper discusses the essential issues of par-allelization of static scheduling and presents two eecient parallel scheduling algorithms. The proposed algorithms have been implemented on an Intel Paragon machine, and their performance has been evaluated. These algo...

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>In this research, a parallel machine sequence-dependent group scheduling problem with the goal of minimizing total weighted earliness and tardiness is investigated. First, mathematical model developed for research which can be used solving small-sized instances. Since shown to NP-hard, focuses on proposing meta-heuristic algorithms finding near-optimal solutio...

We consider several parallel machine scheduling settings with the objective to minimize the schedule makespan. The most general of these settings is unrelated parallel machine scheduling. We assume that, in addition to its machine dependence, the processing time of any job is dependent on the usage of a scarce renewable resource. A given amount of that resource, e.g. workers, can be distributed...