Dummy-job reduction for sequence-dependent setup times

ID: dummy-job-reduction-for-sequence-dependent-setup-times

Add a dummy job . Give the arc cost equal to job 's initial setup, the arc its changeover cost, and every arc zero cost. A Hamiltonian cycle through the dummy represents a schedule, starting just after and ending just before it. The total processing time is constant on a single machine, so minimizing cycle cost minimizes completion time. Dropping subtour elimination constraints gives an assignment problem lower bound.

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