$ P \mid prec \mid C_{\max} $ | NP-hard[2] | $ 2 - \frac 1m $[2] |
$ P \mid prec, p_j = 1 \mid C_{\max} $ | NP-hard to $ 2 $-approx[8] | $ 2 - \frac 2m $[4, 5] |
$ P \mid prec \mid C_{\max} $, $ m {\geqslant} 4 $ | NP-hard | $ 2 - \frac 7{3m+1} $[6] |
| $ m {\geqslant} 3 $ | NP-hard open[9] | |
$ Pm \mid prec, p_j = 1 \mid C_{\max} $ | $ m {\geqslant} 4 $ | PTAS open[10] | |
| $ m {\geqslant} 4 $ | Not APX-hard[11] | |
$ O \mid prec, p_{ij} = 1\mid C_{\max} $ | Strongly NP-hard[13, 14] | $ 2 - \frac 2m $ ([19] and this paper) |
$ F \mid prec, p_{ij} = 1\mid C_{\max} $ | Strongly NP-hard[13, 14] | |
$ F \mid spine, p_{ij} = 1\mid C_{\max} $ | NP-hard open | $ 2 - \frac 2m $ (this paper) |
$ O/F \mid intree/outtree, p_{ij} = 1\mid C_{\max} $ | P[16, 17] | |
$ O/F \mid intree, p_{ij} = 1\mid L_{\max} $ | P[15, 16] | |
$ O/F \mid outtree, p_{ij} = 1\mid L_{\max} $ | Strongly NP-hard[14, 18] | |
$ Om/Fm \mid prec, p_{ij} = 1 \mid C_{\max} $, $ m {\geqslant} 3 $ | NP-hard open | |
$ O2/F2 \mid prec, p_{ij} = 1 \mid L_{\max} $ | P[15, 16] | |