Minimizing the number of vehicles in periodic scheduling: The non-Euclidean case

Vladimir Kats, Eugene Levner

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Abstract

In this paper we consider the problem of minimizing the number of vehicles needed to meet a fixed periodically re-peating set of tasks where set-up times between tasks do not satisfy the triangle inequality. We reduce this problem to finding the minimal length cycle-cover in a graph. In a special case, where the set-up times satisfy the triangle inequality, we reduce the scheduling problem to the assignment problem.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)371-377
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Volume107
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Airplane scheduling
  • Assignment problem
  • Minimizing the number of vehicles
  • Periodic scheduling
  • Polynomial algorithms

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