A concise survey of scheduling with time-dependent processing times

We consider a class of machine scheduling problems in which the processing time of a task is dependent on its starting time in a schedule. On reviewing the literature on this topic, we provide a framework to illustrate how models for this class of problems have been generalized from the classical scheduling theory. A complexity boundary is presented for each model and related existing results are consolidated. We also introduce some enumerative solution algorithms and heuristics and analyze their performance. Finally, we suggest a few interesting areas for future research. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.