An Order Effect of Neighborhood Structures in Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm for Minimizing the Makespan in an Identical Parallel Machine Scheduling

Variable neighborhood search (VNS) algorithm is proposed for scheduling identical parallel machine. The objective is to study the effect of adding a new neighborhood structure and changing the order of the neighborhood structures on minimizing the makespan. To enhance the quality of the final soluti...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Alharkan, Khaled Bamatraf, Mohammed A. Noman, Husam Kaid, Emad S. Abouel Nasr, Abdulaziz M. El-Tamimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3586731