Unlike a traditional flowshop problem where a job is assumed to be indivisible, in the lot-streaming flowshop problem, a job is allowed to overlap its operations between successive machines by splitting it into a numb...Unlike a traditional flowshop problem where a job is assumed to be indivisible, in the lot-streaming flowshop problem, a job is allowed to overlap its operations between successive machines by splitting it into a number of smaller sub-lots and moving the completed portion of the sub-lots to downstream machine. In this way, the production is accelerated. This paper presents a discrete artificial bee colony （DABC） algorithm for a lot-streaming flowshop scheduling problem with total flowtime criterion. Unlike the basic ABC algorithm, the proposed DABC algorithm represents a solution as a discrete job permutation. An efficient initialization scheme based on the extended Nawaz-Enscore-Ham heuristic is utilized to produce an initial population with a certain level of quality and diversity. Employed and onlooker bees generate new solutions in their neighborhood, whereas scout bees generate new solutions by performing insert operator and swap operator to the best solution found so far. Moreover, a simple but effective local search is embedded in the algorithm to enhance local exploitation capability. A comparative experiment is carried out with the existing discrete particle swarm optimization, hybrid genetic algorithm, threshold accepting, simulated annealing and ant colony optimization algorithms based on a total of 160 randomly generated instances. The experimental results show that the proposed DABC algorithm is quite effective for the lot-streaming flowshop with total flowtime criterion in terms of searching quality, robustness and effectiveness. This research provides the references to the optimization research on lot-streaming flowshop.展开更多
The distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem(DPFSP)has received increasing attention in recent years,which always assumes that the machine can process without restrictions.However,in practical production,ma...The distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem(DPFSP)has received increasing attention in recent years,which always assumes that the machine can process without restrictions.However,in practical production,machine preventive maintenance is required to prevent machine breakdowns.Therefore,this paper studies the DPFSP with preventive maintenance(PM/DPFSP)aiming at minimizing the total flowtime.For solving the problem,a discrete gray wolf optimization algorithm with restart mechanism(DGWO_RM)is proposed.In the initialization phase,a heuristic algorithm that takes into consideration preventive maintenance and idle time is employed to elevate the quality of the initial solution.Next,four local search strategies are proposed for further enhancing the exploitation capability.Furthermore,a restart mechanism is integrated into algorithm to avert the risk of converging prematurely to a suboptimal solution,thereby ensuring a broader exploration of potential solutions.Finally,comprehensive experiments studies are carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy and to verify the performance of DGWO_RM.The obtained results show that the proposed DGWO_RM significantly outperforms the four state-of-the-art algorithms in solving PM/DPFSP.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60973085, 61174187)National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2009AA044601)New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (Grant No. NCET-08-0232)
文摘Unlike a traditional flowshop problem where a job is assumed to be indivisible, in the lot-streaming flowshop problem, a job is allowed to overlap its operations between successive machines by splitting it into a number of smaller sub-lots and moving the completed portion of the sub-lots to downstream machine. In this way, the production is accelerated. This paper presents a discrete artificial bee colony （DABC） algorithm for a lot-streaming flowshop scheduling problem with total flowtime criterion. Unlike the basic ABC algorithm, the proposed DABC algorithm represents a solution as a discrete job permutation. An efficient initialization scheme based on the extended Nawaz-Enscore-Ham heuristic is utilized to produce an initial population with a certain level of quality and diversity. Employed and onlooker bees generate new solutions in their neighborhood, whereas scout bees generate new solutions by performing insert operator and swap operator to the best solution found so far. Moreover, a simple but effective local search is embedded in the algorithm to enhance local exploitation capability. A comparative experiment is carried out with the existing discrete particle swarm optimization, hybrid genetic algorithm, threshold accepting, simulated annealing and ant colony optimization algorithms based on a total of 160 randomly generated instances. The experimental results show that the proposed DABC algorithm is quite effective for the lot-streaming flowshop with total flowtime criterion in terms of searching quality, robustness and effectiveness. This research provides the references to the optimization research on lot-streaming flowshop.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62473186 and 62273221)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2024MF017)Discipline with Strong Characteristics of Liaocheng University Intelligent Science and Technology(No.319462208).
文摘The distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem(DPFSP)has received increasing attention in recent years,which always assumes that the machine can process without restrictions.However,in practical production,machine preventive maintenance is required to prevent machine breakdowns.Therefore,this paper studies the DPFSP with preventive maintenance(PM/DPFSP)aiming at minimizing the total flowtime.For solving the problem,a discrete gray wolf optimization algorithm with restart mechanism(DGWO_RM)is proposed.In the initialization phase,a heuristic algorithm that takes into consideration preventive maintenance and idle time is employed to elevate the quality of the initial solution.Next,four local search strategies are proposed for further enhancing the exploitation capability.Furthermore,a restart mechanism is integrated into algorithm to avert the risk of converging prematurely to a suboptimal solution,thereby ensuring a broader exploration of potential solutions.Finally,comprehensive experiments studies are carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy and to verify the performance of DGWO_RM.The obtained results show that the proposed DGWO_RM significantly outperforms the four state-of-the-art algorithms in solving PM/DPFSP.
