Hybrid Genetic Bees Algorithm applied to Single Machine Scheduling with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties

This paper presents a hybrid Genetic-Bees Algorithm based optimised solution for the single machine scheduling problem. The enhancement of the Bees Algorithm (BA) is conducted using the Genetic Algorithm's (GA's) operators during the global search stage. The proposed enhancement aims to increase the global search capability of the BA gradually with new additions. Although the BA has very successful implementations on various type of optimisation problems, it has found that the algorithm suffers from weak global search ability which increases the computational complexities on NP-hard type optimisation problems e.g. combinatorial/permutational type optimisation problems. This weakness occurs due to using a simple global random search operation during the search process. To reinforce the global search process in the BA, the proposed enhancement is utilised to increase exploration capability by expanding the number of fittest solutions through the genetical variations of promising solutions. The hybridisation process is realised by including two strategies into the basic BA, named as â\u80\u9creinforced global searchâ\u80\u9d and â\u80\u9cjumping functionâ\u80\u9d strategies. The reinforced global search strategy is the first stage of the hybridisation process and contains the mutation operator of the GA. The second strategy, jumping function strategy, consists of four GA operators as single point crossover, multipoint crossover, mutation and randomisation. To demonstrate the strength of the proposed solution, several experiments were carried out on 280 well-known single machine benchmark instances, and the results are presented by comparing to other well-known heuristic algorithms. According to the experiments, the proposed enhancements provides better capability to basic BA to jump from local minima, and GBA performed better compared to BA in terms of convergence and the quality of results. The convergence time reduced about 60% with about 30% better results for highly constrained jobs

Greedy randomized dispatching heuristics for the single machine scheduling problem with quadratic earliness and tardiness penalties

In this paper, we present greedy randomized dispatching heuristics for the single machine scheduling problem with quadratic earliness and tardiness costs, and no machine idle time. The several heuristic versions differ, on the one hand, on the strategies involved in the construction of the greedy randomized schedules. On the other hand, these versions also differ on whether they employ only a final improvement step, or perform a local search after each greedy randomized construction. The proposed heuristics were compared with existing procedures, as well as with optimum solutions for some instance sizes. The computational results show that the proposed procedures clearly outperform their underlying dispatching heuristic, and the best of these procedures provide results that are quite close to the optimum. The best of the proposed algorithms is the new recommended heuristic for large instances, as well as a suitable alternative to the best existing procedure for the larger of the middle size instances.scheduling, single machine, early/tardy, quadratic penalties, greedy randomized dispatching rules

BASA: An improved hybrid bees algorithm for the single machine scheduling with early/tardy jobs

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A survey of scheduling problems with setup times or costs

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A new hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm for solving single machine scheduling problems

A dissertation submitted in partial ful lment of the degree of Master of Science in Engineering (Electrical) (50/50) in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Department of Electrical and Information Engineering May 2017Numerous applications in a wide variety of elds has resulted in a rich history of research into optimisation for scheduling. Although it is a fundamental form of the problem, the single machine scheduling problem with two or more objectives is known to be NP-hard. For this reason we consider the single machine problem a good test bed for solution algorithms. While there is a plethora of research into various aspects of scheduling problems, little has been done in evaluating the performance of the Simulated Annealing algorithm for the fundamental problem, or using it in combination with other techniques. Speci cally, this has not been done for minimising total weighted earliness and tardiness, which is the optimisation objective of this work. If we consider a mere ten jobs for scheduling, this results in over 3.6 million possible solution schedules. It is thus of de nite practical necessity to reduce the search space in order to nd an optimal or acceptable suboptimal solution in a shorter time, especially when scaling up the problem size. This is of particular importance in the application area of packet scheduling in wireless communications networks where the tolerance for computational delays is very low. The main contribution of this work is to investigate the hypothesis that inserting a step of pre-sampling by Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods before running the Simulated Annealing algorithm on the pruned search space can result in overall reduced running times. The search space is divided into a number of sections and Metropolis-Hastings Markov Chain Monte Carlo is performed over the sections in order to reduce the search space for Simulated Annealing by a factor of 20 to 100. Trade-o s are found between the run time and number of sections of the pre-sampling algorithm, and the run time of Simulated Annealing for minimising the percentage deviation of the nal result from the optimal solution cost. Algorithm performance is determined both by computational complexity and the quality of the solution (i.e. the percentage deviation from the optimal). We nd that the running time can be reduced by a factor of 4.5 to ensure a 2% deviation from the optimal, as compared to the basic Simulated Annealing algorithm on the full search space. More importantly, we are able to reduce the complexity of nding the optimal from O(n:n!) for a complete search to O(nNS) for Simulated Annealing to O(n(NMr +NS)+m) for the input variables n jobs, NS SA iterations, NM Metropolis- Hastings iterations, r inner samples and m sections.MT 201

An intelligent manufacturing system for heat treatment scheduling

This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This research is focused on the integration problem of process planning and scheduling in steel heat treatment operations environment using artificial intelligent techniques that are capable of dealing with such problems. This work addresses the issues involved in developing a suitable methodology for scheduling heat treatment operations of steel. Several intelligent algorithms have been developed for these propose namely, Genetic Algorithm (GA), Sexual Genetic Algorithm (SGA), Genetic Algorithm with Chromosome differentiation (GACD), Age Genetic Algorithm (AGA), and Mimetic Genetic Algorithm (MGA). These algorithms have been employed to develop an efficient intelligent algorithm using Algorithm Portfolio methodology. After that all the algorithms have been tested on two types of scheduling benchmarks. To apply these algorithms on heat treatment scheduling, a furnace model is developed for optimisation proposes. Furthermore, a system that is capable of selecting the optimal heat treatment regime is developed so the required metal properties can be achieved with the least energy consumption and the shortest time using Neuro-Fuzzy (NF) and Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) methodologies. Based on this system, PSO is used to optimise the heat treatment process by selecting different heat treatment conditions. The selected conditions are evaluated so the best selection can be identified. This work addresses the issues involved in developing a suitable methodology for developing an NF system and PSO for mechanical properties of the steel. Using the optimisers, furnace model and heat treatment system model, the intelligent system model is developed and implemented successfully. The results of this system were exciting and the optimisers were working correctly

Multicriteria hybrid flow shop scheduling problem: literature review, analysis, and future research

This research focuses on the Hybrid Flow Shop production scheduling problem, which is one of the most difficult problems to solve. The literature points to several studies that focus the Hybrid Flow Shop scheduling problem with monocriteria functions. Despite of the fact that, many real world problems involve several objective functions, they can often compete and conflict, leading researchers to concentrate direct their efforts on the development of methods that take consider this variant into consideration. The goal of the study is to review and analyze the methods in order to solve the Hybrid Flow Shop production scheduling problem with multicriteria functions in the literature. The analyses were performed using several papers that have been published over the years, also the parallel machines types, the approach used to develop solution methods, the type of method develop, the objective function, the performance criterion adopted, and the additional constraints considered. The results of the reviewing and analysis of 46 papers showed opportunities for future researchon this topic, including the following: (i) use uniform and dedicated parallel machines, (ii) use exact and metaheuristics approaches, (iv) develop lower and uppers bounds, relations of dominance and different search strategiesto improve the computational time of the exact methods,  (v) develop  other types of metaheuristic, (vi) work with anticipatory setups, and (vii) add constraints faced by the production systems itself

EA/G-GA for Single Machine Scheduling Problems with Earliness/Tardiness Costs

[[abstract]]An Estimation of Distribution Algorithm (EDA), which depends on explicitly sampling mechanisms based on probabilistic models with information extracted from the parental solutions to generate new solutions, has constituted one of the major research areas in the field of evolutionary computation. The fact that no genetic operators are used in EDAs is a major characteristic differentiating EDAs from other genetic algorithms (GAs). This advantage, however, could lead to premature convergence of EDAs as the probabilistic models are no longer generating diversified solutions. In our previous research [1], we have presented the evidences that EDAs suffer from the drawback of premature convergency, thus several important guidelines are provided for the design of effective EDAs. In this paper, we validated one guideline for incorporating other meta-heuristics into the EDAs. An algorithm named “EA/G-GA” is proposed by selecting a well-known EDA, EA/G, to work with GAs. The proposed algorithm was tested on the NP-Hard single machine scheduling problems with the total weighted earliness/tardiness cost in a just-in-time environment. The experimental results indicated that the EA/G-GA outperforms the compared algorithms statistically significantly across different stopping criteria and demonstrated the robustness of the proposed algorithm. Consequently, this paper is of interest and importance in the field of EDAs.[[notice]]補正完