Scheduling problems with processing set restrictions have been studied extensively by computer scientists and operations researchers under different names. These include "scheduling typed task systems," "multi-purpose machine scheduling," "scheduling with eligibility constraints," "scheduling...

We consider a berth allocation problem in container terminals in which the assignment of vessels to berths is limited by water depth and tidal condition. We model the problem as a parallel-machine scheduling problem with inclusive processing set restrictions, where the time horizon is divided...

We consider a generalized one-dimensional bin packing model in which the cost of a bin is a nondecreasing concave function of the utilization of the bin. We show that for any given positive constant [epsilon], there exists a polynomial-time approximation algorithm with an asymptotic worst-case...

We consider the problem of scheduling a set of equal-processing-time jobs with arbitrary job sizes on a set of batch machines with different capacities. A job can only be assigned to a machine whose capacity is not smaller than the size of the job. Our goal is to minimize the schedule length...

We consider the problem of scheduling a set of n jobs with arbitrary job sizes on a set of m identical and parallel batch machines so as to minimize the makespan. Motivated by the computational complexity of the problem, we propose a meta-heuristic based on the max–min ant system method....