In this paper preparation sequencing situations are introduced. This new type of one-machine sequencing situations assumes that before a job can start, some preparation depending on its predecessor is required. Preparation sequencing situations are first analyzed from an operations research...

The research that studies the interaction between sequencing situations and cooperative games, that started with the paper of Curiel et al. (1989), has become an established line of research. This paper introduces a new model in this field: partitioning sequencing situations and games. The...

This paper considers one-machine sequencing situations in which agents are in a fixed initial order before the processing of the machine starts. The agents are allowed to rearrange positions to save costs w.r.t. the costs given by the initial order. We will assume that the agents are not certain...