Advances in Optimization and Approximation
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Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications Volume 1 Managing Editors:
Panos Pardalos University of Florida. US.A.
Reiner Horst University of Trier. Germany
Advisory Board:
Ding-ZhuDu University of Minnesota. U S.A.
C. A. Floudas Princeton University. US.A.
G.lnfanger Stanford University. US.A.
1. Mockus Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Lithuania
H. D. Sherali Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. US.A.
Advances in Optimization and Approximation Edited by
Ding-Zhu Du University of Minnesota, U.S.A. and Institute ofApplied Mathematics, Beijing, P. R. China
and
Jie Sun National University of Singapore, Singapore
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KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT I BOSTON I LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Advances in opci~ization and approximation / edited by Ding-Zhu Du • .lie Sun. p. em. -- (Nonconvex optimization and its applications; v. 1)
Includes bibliographical references. 1. Mathematical optimization. 2. Approximation theory. Dingzhu. II. Sun • .lie. III. Series.
QA402.5.A374 519.3--dc20
1994
ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3631-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3629-7
I. Du. 94-9739
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3629-7
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This book is dedicated to
Professor Minyi Vue
Contents Preface ...................................................................... xiii Scheduling Multiprocessor Flow Shops .................................... 1 Bo Chen
1. Introduction ................................................................ 2. A Brief Survey ............................................................. 3. A New Heuristic .............................. '" ........................... 4. Concluding Remarks ...................................................... " References .....................................................................
1 2 3 7 7
The k- Walk Polyhedron ..................................................... 9 Collette R. Coullard, A. Bruce Gamble, and Jin Liu 1. Introduction ................................................................ 9 2. Polynomial Algorithm and Extended Formulations ......................... 11 3. Projection Method ........................................................
