Metaheuristic methods in hybrid flow shop scheduling problem

Florence Chiao Mei Choong, Somnuk Phon-Amnuaisuk, Mohammad Yusoff Alias

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Abstract

Memetic algorithms are hybrid evolutionary algorithms that combine global and local search by using an evolutionary algorithm to perform exploration while the local search method performs exploitation. This paper presents two hybrid heuristic algorithms that combine particle swarm optimization (PSO) with simulated annealing (SA) and tabu search (TS), respectively. The hybrid algorithms were applied on the hybrid flow shop scheduling problem. Experimental results reveal that these memetic techniques can effectively produce improved solutions over conventional methods with faster convergence.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10787-10793
Number of pages7
JournalExpert Systems with Applications
Volume38
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2011

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