In this paper, we consider the single machine scheduling problem with release dates and rejection. A job is either rejected, in which case a rejection penalty has to be paid, or accepted and processed on the machine. The objective is to minimize the sum of the makespan of the accepted jobs and...

The H2O concentration in real oxy-fuel combustion atmospheres is significantly higher than that in conventional air combustion, which strongly affects the combustion characteristics of pulverized coal. This study studies the effect of H2O on pulverized coal combustion behaviour in O2/CO2...