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A PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION-BASED ALGORITHM FOR JOB-SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEMS

International Journal of Computational MethodsPublished 1 September 2005
Hongwei Ge, Yanchun Liang, Yuan Zhou, Xiangyi Guo
Citations30
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.41
SNIP0.64

TL;DR

A novel particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based algorithm is developed for job-shop scheduling problems (JSSP), which are the most general and difficult issues in traditional scheduling problems.

Abstract

A novel particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based algorithm is developed for job-shop scheduling problems (JSSP), which are the most general and difficult issues in traditional scheduling problems. Our goal is to develop an efficient algorithm based on swarm intelligence for the JSSP. Thereafter a novel concept for the distance and velocity of particles in the PSO is proposed and introduced to pave the way for the JSSP. The proposed algorithm effectively exploits the capabilities of distributed and parallel computing systems, with simulation results showing the possibilities of high quality solutions for typical benchmark problems.

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