Solving a multicriteria problem in a hierarchical method

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Mathematics Department, College of Science, Diyala University, Diyala, Iraq

Abstract

The problem of minimizing a function of three criteria maximum earliness, the sum of completion times and maximum lateness in a hierarchical method is presented in this paper. A set of n independent jobs has to be scheduled on a single machine that is continuously available from time zero onwards and that can handle no more than one job at a time. Job j(j=1,2,,n) requires processing during a given positive uninterrupted time pj. An algorithm to find the best possible solution is proposed for the problem of three criteria maximum earliness, the sum of completion times and maximum lateness in a hierarchical case.

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Volume 13, Issue 1
March 2022
Pages 2671-2674
  • Receive Date: 08 September 2021
  • Revise Date: 26 October 2021
  • Accept Date: 07 December 2021