Research Article

Approximation Algorithms and an FPTAS for the Single Machine Problem with Biased Tardiness Penalty

Algorithm 2

FPTAS algorithm.
(1) For each
 (1.1) Set
 (1.2) For each
  (i) Consider every state in
   (a) If then add to
   (b) If then add to
  (ii) Delete the state space
  (iii) Let be a state in such that with the smallest (break ties
   by choosing the state of the smallest ). Set
(1.3) Set
(2) Calculate the final solution of FPTAS from