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arXiv:2206.12825 (cs)
[Submitted on 26 Jun 2022]

Title:Hardness of Interval Scheduling on Unrelated Machines

Authors:Danny Hermelin, Yuval Itzhaki, Hendrik Molter, Dvir Shabtay
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Abstract:We provide new (parameterized) computational hardness results for Interval Scheduling on Unrelated Machines. It is a classical scheduling problem motivated from just-in-time or lean manufacturing, where the goal is to complete jobs exactly at their deadline. We are given $n$ jobs and $m$ machines. Each job has a deadline, a weight, and a processing time that may be different on each machine. The goal is find a schedule that maximized the total weight of jobs completed exactly at their deadline. Note that this uniquely defines a processing time interval for each job on each machine.
Interval Scheduling on Unrelated Machines is closely related to coloring interval graphs and has been thoroughly studied for several decades. However, as pointed out by Mnich and van Bevern [Computers \& Operations Research, 2018], the parameterized complexity for the number $m$ of machines as a parameter remained open. We resolve this by showing that Interval Scheduling on Unrelated Machines is W[1]-hard when parameterized by the number $m$ of machines. To this end, we prove W[1]-hardness with respect to $m$ of the special case where we have parallel machines with eligible machine sets for jobs. This answers Open Problem 8 of Mnich and van Bevern's list of 15 open problems in the parameterized complexity of scheduling [Computers \& Operations Research, 2018].
Furthermore, we resolve the computational complexity status of the unweighted version of Interval Scheduling on Unrelated Machines by proving that it is NP-complete. This answers an open question by Sung and Vlach [Journal of Scheduling, 2005].
Subjects: Computational Complexity (cs.CC); Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM); Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
Cite as: arXiv:2206.12825 [cs.CC]
  (or arXiv:2206.12825v1 [cs.CC] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.12825

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From: Hendrik Molter [view email]
[v1] Sun, 26 Jun 2022 09:03:48 UTC (223 KB)
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