Robust absolute single machine makespan scheduling-location problem on trees

Abstract

We investigate a robust single machine scheduling-location problem with uncertainty in edge lengths. Jobs are located at the vertices of a given tree. Given a location for a single machine, the jobs travel to the location and are processed there sequentially. The goal is to find a location of the machine and simultaneously a sequence to minimize the makespan value in the worst-case. We use the concept of gamma-robustness to model uncertainty. Our main result is a polynomial time algorithm.