A new hybrid ant colony algorithm for scheduling of no-wait flowshop.
Vahid RiahiMorteza KazemiPublished in: Oper. Res. (2018)
Keyphrases
- ant colony algorithm
- scheduling problem
- flowshop
- improved ant colony algorithm
- maximum lateness
- sequence dependent setup times
- parallel machines
- preventive maintenance
- ant colony
- global optimization
- minimizing total tardiness
- single machine
- processing times
- setup times
- job shop
- ant colony optimization
- flowshop scheduling
- mathematical model
- precedence constraints
- minimizing makespan
- tabu search
- np hard
- total tardiness
- makespan minimization
- identical parallel machines
- job processing times
- bp neural network
- number of tardy jobs
- job shop scheduling problem
- strongly np hard
- special case
- permutation flowshop
- distribution network
- release dates
- bicriteria
- single machine scheduling problem
- approximation algorithms
- supply chain
- cost function
- flowshop scheduling problems
- optimal solution