A Discrete Group Search Optimizer for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Random Breakdown

The scheduling problems have been discussed in the literature extensively under the assumption that the machines are permanently available without any breakdown. However, in the real manufacturing environments, the machines could be unavailable inevitably for many reasons. In this paper, the authors...

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Main Authors: Zhe Cui, Xingsheng Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/621393