Single-machine scheduling

Single-machine scheduling or single-resource scheduling is the process of assigning a group of tasks to a single machine or resource. The tasks are arranged so that one or many performance measures may be optimized.
Performance measures.
The performance measures of the tasks in the single machine scheduling problem include:
Solution techniques.
Many solution techniques have been applied to solving single machine scheduling problems. Some of them are listed below.
Heuristics.
Note: "Lateness" is any deviation from the due date. Positive lateness is "tardiness," negative lateness is "earliness"