کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1134265 | 1489099 | 2014 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• A hybrid meta-heuristic search procedure to solve the single machine scheduling problem.
• A well-designed balance between two different meta-heuristic procedures are used.
• A new set of data instances is used to hybridize and validate the search procedures.
This paper presents a hybrid meta-heuristic search procedure to solve the well-known single machine scheduling problem to minimize the maximum lateness over all jobs, where precedence relations may exist between some of the jobs. The hybridization consists of a well-designed balance between the principles borrowed from an Electromagnetism-like Mechanism algorithm and the characteristics used in a tabu search procedure. The Electromagnetism-like Mechanism (EM) algorithm follows a search pattern based on the theory of physics to simulate attraction and repulsion of solutions in order to move towards more promising solutions. The well-known tabu search enhances the performance of a local search method by using memory structures by prohibiting visited solutions during a certain time of the search process. The hybridization of both algorithms results in an important trade-off between intensification and diversification strategies. These strategies will be discussed in detail. To that purpose, a new set of data instances is used to compare different elements of the hybrid search procedure and to validate the performance of the algorithm.
Journal: Computers & Industrial Engineering - Volume 67, January 2014, Pages 44–55