We discuss the problem of sequencing precedence-constrained jobs on a single machine to minimize the average weighted completion time. This problem has attracted much attention in the mathematical ...

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The "branch-and-bound" algorithm for the exact solution of a three-machine scheduling problem proposed by Lomnicki has been generalized to the case of an arbitrary number of machines (under the ...

Time Machine is purposely very limited in configurability for the sake of providing users with an easy to use yet powerful and complete backup system. The provided controls for Time Machine are ...