In the first line there are (at least) 2 numbers:
- the number of jobs
- the number of machines
- the average number of machines per operation (optional)
Every row represents one job:
- the first number is the number of operations of that job
- the second number (let's say k>=1) is the number of machines that can process the first operation;
then according to k, there are k pairs of numbers (machine,processing time) that specify which are the machines and the processing times
Example: Fisher and Thompson 6x6 instance, alternate name (mt06)
6 6 1
6 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 6 1 4 7 1 6 3 1 5 6
6 1 2 8 1 3 5 1 5 10 1 6 10 1 1 10 1 4 4
6 1 3 5 1 4 4 1 6 8 1 1 9 1 2 1 1 5 7
6 1 2 5 1 1 5 1 3 5 1 4 3 1 5 8 1 6 9
6 1 3 9 1 2 3 1 5 5 1 6 4 1 1 3 1 4 1
6 1 2 3 1 4 3 1 6 9 1 1 10 1 5 4 1 3 1
first row: 6 jobs, 6 machines, and 1 machine per operation
second row: job 1 has 6 operations; the first operation can be processed by 1 machine, that is machine 3 with processing time 1.