%0 Journal Article %@ 1346-0447 %A Kanesan , Muthusamy %A Ishii, Hiroaki %A Mohri, Shintaro %A Teruo, Masuda %A Open University Malaysia, %D 2001 %F library_repository:624 %I International Society of Mathematical Sciences %J Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae %K Scheduling, single machine, polynomial algorithm, sum of completion times %N 2 %P 369-381 %T Single machine batching problem to minimize the sum of completion times with number of batches and batch size limitations %U https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/624/ %V 55 %X We consider single machine batch scheduling problem for identical jobs. Constant processing times and batch setup times are assumed together with batch size and number of batch constraints. We present a polynomially bounded algorithm that minimizes the sum of completion times. (Abstract by authors)