Group shops scheduling with makespan criterion subject to random release dates and processing times - Ahmadizar, Fardin; Ghazanfari, Mehdi; Fatemi Ghomi, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi (Computers & operations research, 2010)
Keywords: Ant colony algorithm; Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Group shop scheduling problem; Heuristic; Inventory control, production control. Distribution; Job shops; Makespan; Mathematical programming; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; Optimization algorithms; Production scheduling; Random processing times; Random release dates; Random variables; Scheduling; Scheduling, sequencing; Simulation; Stochastic models; Studies; Group shop scheduling problem; Random release dates; Makespan; Simulation; Ant colony algorithm; Random processing times; Lower bound; Job shop; Processing time; Scheduling; Modeling; Particle swarm optimization; Stochastic programming; Heuristic method; Open systems; Flow shop; Swarm intelligence; Random variable; Discrete event system; Execution time