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A Novel Imperialist Competitive Algorithm to Solve Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem in Order to Minimize Maximum Completion Time

by S.F.Attar, M.Mohammadi, R.Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 28 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: S.F.Attar, M.Mohammadi, R.Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
10.5120/3426-4781

S.F.Attar, M.Mohammadi, R.Tavakkoli-Moghaddam . A Novel Imperialist Competitive Algorithm to Solve Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem in Order to Minimize Maximum Completion Time. International Journal of Computer Applications. 28, 10 ( August 2011), 27-32. DOI=10.5120/3426-4781

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title = { A Novel Imperialist Competitive Algorithm to Solve Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem in Order to Minimize Maximum Completion Time },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2011 },
volume = { 28 },
number = { 10 },
month = { August },
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issn = { 0975-8887 },
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Abstract

This paper demonstrates solving the flexible flow shop scheduling problem (FFSP) with considering limited waiting time constraint, sequence dependent setup times and different ready time to minimize maximum completion time (i.e. makespan). Since the problem studied is NP-hard, metaheuristic algorithms are proper to solve this class of problems. Hence, in this paper, a novel imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) is proposed to tackle of addressed problem. In order to achieve the reliable results in our proposed algorithm, a comprehensive tuning is performed using Taguchi method. to validate this proposed algorithm, the other popular algorithm namely simulated annealing is developed for this goal. Simulation results indicated that ICA is superior to SA.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

ICA Flexible flow shop Limited waiting time Sequence dependent setup times Ready time

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