Comparison of results obtained by B&B and FBHGA in stage one.

Comparison of results obtained by B&B and FBHGA in stage one.</p

Comparisons of <i>TTC</i> among different decentralized methods.

Comparisons of TTC among different decentralized methods.</p

Comparison of <i>TTC</i> improvements of MP subsets and MPAC subsets.

Comparison of TTC improvements of MP subsets and MPAC subsets.</p

Information for illustrative example.

Information for illustrative example.</p

Comparison of CPU time of MP subsets and MPAC subsets.

Comparison of CPU time of MP subsets and MPAC subsets.</p

Flowchart of conflicts elimination.

Flowchart of conflicts elimination.</p

Multi-agent information and communication.

Multi-agent information and communication.</p

Initial schedule of each project.

Initial schedule of each project.</p

Percentage improvement with respect to different degrees of conflicts.

Percentage improvement with respect to different degrees of conflicts.</p

Relationship between problem size and <i>TTC</i> result.

Relationship between problem size and TTC result.</p