Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1143005 | Operations Research Letters | 2007 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We study the approximability of minimum total weighted tardiness with a modified objective which includes an additive constant. This ensures the existence of a positive lower bound for the minimum value. Moreover the new objective has a natural interpretation in just-in-time production systems.
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Authors
Stavros G. Kolliopoulos, George Steiner,