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Proportional Optimization and Fairness

By Wieslaw Kubiak (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
2009
ISBN
0387877185, 9780387877181
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-87719-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3646910 bytes)
Series
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 127
Edition
1
Pages
290\300
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Operations Research/Decision Theory; Industrial an

Description

Proportional Optimization and Fairness is a long-needed attempt to reconcile optimization with apportionment in just-in-time (JIT) sequences and find the common ground in solving problems ranging from sequencing mixed-model just-in-time assembly lines through just-in-time batch production, balancing workloads in event graphs to bandwidth allocation internet gateways and resource allocation in computer operating systems. The book argues that apportionment theory and optimization based on deviation functions provide natural benchmarks for a process, and then looks at the recent research and developments in the field. Individual chapters look at the theory of apportionment and just-in-time sequences; minimization of just-in-time sequence deviation; optimality of cyclic sequences and the oneness; bottleneck minimization; competition-free instances, Fraenkel’s Conjecture, and optimal admission sequences; response time variability; applications to the Liu-Layland Problem and pinwheel scheduling; temporal capacity constraints and supply chain balancing; fair queueing and stride scheduling; and smoothing and batching.

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