Cluster tools are automated robotic manufacturing systems containing multiple computer-
controlled process modules. They have been increasingly used for wafer fabrication. This …

This paper presents a literature review on the m-machine flow shop scheduling problem with
blocking conditions. In total, 139 papers are reviewed and classified, ranging from 1969 up …

The no-wait flow shop scheduling problem (NWFSP) plays an essential role in the
manufacturing industry. Inspired by the overall process of biogeography theory, the standard …

This paper addresses the distributed limited-buffer flowshop scheduling problem with
makespan minimization criterion for the first time. The manufacturing layout consists of …

Due to the complexity of a real-practice manufacturing process, various complex constraints
should be considered to make the conventional model more suitable for the realistic …

Permutation flow-shop scheduling is the strategy that ensures the processing of jobs on
each subsequent machine in the exact same order while optimizing an objective, which …

This article addresses the blocking distributed flow shop scheduling problem with lot-
streaming (BDFSPL) with the objective of minimizing the maximum completion time, or …

This paper considers n-job m-machines blocking flow-shop scheduling problem (BFSP) with
sequence-dependent setup times (SDST), which has important ramifications in the modern …

The permutation flow shop scheduling problem (PFSSP), one of the most widely studied
production scheduling problems, is a typical NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem. In …

This paper proposes an island neighboring heuristics harmony search algorithm (INHS) to
tackle the blocking flow-shop scheduling problem. The island model is used to diversify the …