Single-machine due date assignment problem with deteriorating jobs and resource-dependent processing times

Abstract

We study a single-machine earliness–tardiness scheduling problem with due date assignment, in which the processing time of a job is a function of its starting time and its resource allocation. We analyze the problem with two different processing time functions and three different due date assignment methods. The goal is to minimize an integrated objective function, which includes earliness, tardiness, due date assignment, and total resource consumption costs. For each combination of due date assignment method and processing time function, we provide a polynomial-time algorithm to find the optimal job sequence, due date values, and resource allocations.