Title
A 6/5-approximation algorithm for the two-machine routing open-shop problem on a two-node network
Abstract
In the routing open-shop problem, jobs are located at nodes of a transportation network, and the machines travel on the network to execute jobs. For the makespan-minimizing two-machine routing open-shop problem on a two-node network (which is NP-hard) we prove that the optimum objective value of any instance lies within the interval [C∼,65C∼] and this interval is tight. C∼ is a trivial lower bound on the optimum objective value. Based on this result, we obtain a linear time approximation algorithm for this problem with approximation ratio not greater than 65. From the tightness of the interval above it follows that this algorithm gives the best possible approximation in terms of C∼. The problem is equivalent to a variant of the two-machine open-shop problem with batch setup times with two batches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.ejor.2003.06.050
European Journal of Operational Research
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Scheduling,Combinatorial optimization,Approximation algorithms
Journal
166
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0377-2217
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.49
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Igor Averbakh169954.76
O. Berman21604231.36
Ilya Chernykh3214.68