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Some types of scheduling problems can be solved as edge coloring models in bipartite multigraphs. It is in particular the case for preemptive open shop scheduling. The presence of additional constraints generally transforms this polynomially solvable type of problem into a difficult one. The study of polynomially solvable special cases is therefore interesting for guiding the development of general heuristic procedures.