This paper studies online scheduling on m identical parallel machines under the KRT environment, where jobs arrive over time and "KRT" means that in the online setting no jobs can be released when all of the machines are busy. The goal is to determine a feasible schedule to minimize the total of weighted completion times. When m = 1, we prove that WSPT is an optimal online algorithm. When m >= 2, we first present a lower bound m(2)-2+root m(4)-4m+4/2m(m-1), and then show that WSPT is a 2-competitive online algorithm for the case m = 2. For the case in which m = 2 and all jobs have equal processing times, we provide a best possible online algorithm with a competitive ratio of 1+root 3/2.
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Univ New S Wales, Australian Grad Sch Management, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaUniv New S Wales, Australian Grad Sch Management, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Anderson, EJ
Potts, CN
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Henan Polytech Univ, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China
Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, Peoples R ChinaHenan Polytech Univ, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China
Ma, Ran
Yuan, Jinjiang
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Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, Peoples R ChinaHenan Polytech Univ, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China
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Univ New S Wales, Australian Grad Sch Management, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaUniv New S Wales, Australian Grad Sch Management, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Anderson, EJ
Potts, CN
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Henan Polytech Univ, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China
Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, Peoples R ChinaHenan Polytech Univ, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China
Ma, Ran
Yuan, Jinjiang
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Zhengzhou Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, Peoples R ChinaHenan Polytech Univ, Sch Math & Informat Sci, Jiaozuo 454000, Peoples R China