Title
Two-agent stochastic flow shop deteriorating scheduling via a hybrid multi-objective evolutionary algorithm
Abstract
Multi-agent and deteriorating scheduling has gained an increasing concern from academic and industrial communities in recent years. This study addresses a two-agent stochastic flow shop deteriorating scheduling problem with the objectives of minimizing the makespan of the first agent and the total tardiness of the second agent. In the investigated problem, the normal processing time of jobs is a random variable, and the actual processing time of jobs is a linear function of their normal processing time and starting time. To solve this problem efficiently, this study proposes a hybrid multi-objective evolutionary algorithm which is a combination of an evolutionary algorithm and a local search method. It maintains two populations and one archive. The two populations are utilized to execute the global and local searches, where one population employs an evolutionary algorithm to explore the whole solution space, and the other applies a local search method to exploit the promising regions. The archive is used to guide the computation resource allocation in the search process. Some special techniques, i.e., evolutionary methods, local search methods and information exchange strategies between two populations, are designed to enhance the exploration and exploitation ability. Comparing with the classical and popular multi-objective evolutionary algorithms on some test instances, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can produce satisfactory solution for the investigated problem.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s10845-017-1385-4
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Flow shop scheduling, Deteriorating scheduling, Multi-objective multi-agent scheduling, Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm, Multipopulation
Population,Mathematical optimization,Job shop scheduling,Tardiness,Evolutionary algorithm,Scheduling (computing),Flow shop scheduling,Resource allocation,Local search (optimization),Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
30.0
5.0
1572-8145
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.42
37
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yaping Fu1142.54
Yaping Fu2142.54
Hongfeng Wang322211.53
Guangdong Tian415813.86
Zhi Wu Li547038.43
Zhi Wu Li647038.43
Hesuan Hu755645.65