A Two-Stage Cooperative Evolutionary Algorithm With Problem-Specific Knowledge for Energy-Efficient Scheduling of No-Wait Flow-Shop Problem

• Published in: IEEE transactions on cybernetics Vol. 51; no. 11; pp. 5291 - 5303
• Main Authors: Zhao, Fuqing, He, Xuan, Wang, Ling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.11.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Cooperative algorithm; Critical path; Energy consumption; energy efficient; Evolutionary algorithms; Feedback control; Genetic algorithms; Industrial applications; Iterative methods; Job shop scheduling; Job shops; knowledge; Manufacturing; no-wait flow-shop scheduling; Optimization; Scheduling; Search problems; Steel; total energy consumption (TEC)

Green scheduling in the manufacturing industry has attracted increasing attention in academic research and industrial applications with a focus on energy saving. As a typical scheduling problem, the no-wait flow-shop scheduling has been extensively studied due to its wide industrial applications. Ho...