ANZIAM  J.  47 (2005), 265-275
Flowshop/no-idle scheduling to minimise the mean flowtime

Laxmi Narain
  Department of Mathematics
  University of Delhi
  Delhi
  India
    laxmi_narain_2004@yahoo.com
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P. C. Bagga
  Department of Mathematics
  University of Delhi
  Delhi
  India
 


Abstract
This paper deals with n-job, 2-machine flowshop/mean flowtime scheduling problems working under a "no-idle" constraint, that is, when machines work continuously without idle intervals. A branch and bound technique has been developed to solve the problem.
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