Genetic Local Search for the Servers Load Balancing Problem

In this work we consider the servers load balancing problem (SLBP) formulated as a mixed integer linear programming problem. As known, this problem is NP-hard in strong sense. We analyze the approximability of the problem and prove that SLBP is Log-APX-hard under PTAS-reducibility and cannot be NPO-complete unless P=NP. To solve the problem we develop an approximate method using the idea of genetic local search. Computational results are discussed.