A Discrete Group Search Optimizer for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Random Breakdown

• Published in: Mathematical problems in engineering Vol. 2014; no. 1
• Main Authors: Cui, Zhe, Gu, Xingsheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Algorithms; Breakdown; Evolution; Evolutionary computation; Genetic algorithms; Heuristic; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mathematical problems; Neural networks; Optimization algorithms; Phases; Production scheduling; Scheduling; Searching

The scheduling problems have been discussed in the literature extensively under the assumption that the machines are permanently available without any breakdown. However, in the real manufacturing environments, the machines could be unavailable inevitably for many reasons. In this paper, the authors...