0957-4174/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2010.08.145 ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (L. Gao In this paper, we proposed an effective genetic algorithm for solving the flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) to minimize makespan time. In the proposed algorithm, Global Selection (GS) and Local Selection (LS) are designed to generat...

Hybrid algorithm based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Simulated annealing (SA) is proposed, to solve Flexible Job Shop Scheduling with five objectives to be minimized simultaneously: makespan, maximal machine workload, total workload, machine idle time & total tardiness. Rescheduling strategy used to shuffle workload once the machine breakdown takes place in proposed algorithm. The hy...

An NP-hard problem like Flexible Job Shop Scheduling (FJSP) tends to be more complex and requires computational effort optimize the objectives with contradictory measures. This paper aims address FJSP combined objectives, minimization of make-span, maximum workload, total workload. proposes ‘Hybrid Adaptive Firefly Algorithm’ (HAdFA), a new enhanced version classic Algorithm (FA) embedded adapt...

The multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling in a cellular manufacturing environment is challenging real-world problem. This recently introduced problem variant considers exceptional parts, intercellular moves, transportation times, sequence-dependent family setup and recirculation requiring minimization of makespan total tardiness, simultaneously. A previous study shows that the exact solv...

In this paper, we analyze the characteristics of the job shop scheduling problem. A new genetic algorithm for solving the agile job shop scheduling is presented to solve the job shop scheduling problem. Initial population is generated randomly. Two-row chromosome structure is adopted based on working procedure and machine distribution. The relevant crossover and mutation operation is also desig...

We introduce the multiple capacitated job shop scheduling problem as a generalization of the job shop scheduling problem. In this problem machines may process several operations simultaneously. We present an algorithm based on constraint satisfaction techniques to handle the problem e ectively. The most important novel feature of our algorithm is the consistency checking. An empirical performan...

In the last decade job shop scheduling problems have been subject to intensive research due to their multiple applications. Job shop scheduling is known as a strongly NPcomplete problem. In the job shop scheduling problems, processing times and due dates are very dynamically due to both human and machine resource factors. Fuzzy sets are used to model the uncertain processing times and due dates...

Firefly Algorithm (FA) is a nature-inspired optimization algorithm that can be successfully applied to continuous optimization problems. However, lot of practical problems are formulated as discrete optimization problems. In this paper a hybrid discrete firefly algorithm (HDFA) is proposed to solve the multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP). FJSP is an extension of the clas...