E.A. Feinberg and M.T. Curry (USA)
Pinwheel, Dynamic Programming, Markov, semi-Markov
Consider a non-preemptive infinite horizon service system with a single server characterized by a service time and a maximum allowable time between consecutive services. We provide a rigorous Markov Decision Process formu lation and develop a dynamic programming algorithm for determining a feasible schedule. We then relax the con straints in order to invoke a semi-MDP. This semi-MDP is used to generate a non-randomized policy which generates a schedule of jobs. We have developed an algorithm which searches this schedule for a feasible sub-sequence which is feasible and can be implemented periodically.
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