Distributed permutation flow shop scheduling problem with worker flexibility: review, trends and model proposition

T Mraihi, OB Driss, HB El-Haouzi - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional production systems have shifted from being single-site to decentralized multisite
systems due to globalization. The Flow Shop scheduling problem has become a pioneer in …

Novel MILP and CP models for distributed hybrid flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times

L Meng, K Gao, Y Ren, B Zhang, H Sang… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2022 - Elsevier
As regards distributed hybrid flow shop scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times
(DHFSP-SDST), three novel mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) models and a …

Modelling and optimization of distributed heterogeneous hybrid flow shop lot-streaming scheduling problem

W Shao, Z Shao, D Pi - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
More enterprises are facing rapid and changing market demand and small but frequent
orders, and they extend the production capability of manufacturing systems to respond to …

Scheduling stochastic distributed flexible job shops using an multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with simulation evaluation

Y Fu, K Gao, L Wang, M Huang, YC Liang… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
The trend of reverse globalisation prompts manufacturing enterprises to adopt distributed
structures with multiple factories for improving production efficiency, meeting customer …

A multi-class teaching–learning-based optimization for multi-objective distributed hybrid flow shop scheduling

D Lei, B Su - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Distributed hybrid flow shop scheduling problem (DHFSP) has attracted some attention. In
this study, DHFSP with sequence-dependent setup times is studied and a multi-class …

A network memetic algorithm for energy and labor-aware distributed heterogeneous hybrid flow shop scheduling problem

W Shao, Z Shao, D Pi - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2022 - Elsevier
With the penetration of decentralization into factories, the production scheduling among non-
identical factories has emerged as a hot issue for industrial demand response. However …

Automatic design of constructive heuristics for a reconfigurable distributed flowshop group scheduling problem

B Zhang, L Meng, C Lu, Y Han, H Sang - Computers & Operations …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study addresses a reconfigurable distributed flowshop group scheduling problem
(RDFGSP), the characteristics of which lie in the reconfigurability of the flowlines, and the …

LS-HH: A learning-based selection hyper-heuristic for distributed heterogeneous hybrid blocking flow-shop scheduling

Z Shao, W Shao, D Pi - IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the development of economic globalization, the distributed manufacturing has become
common in modern industries. The scheduling of production resources in multiple …

An effective memetic algorithm for distributed flexible job shop scheduling problem considering integrated sequencing flexibility

J Tang, G Gong, N Peng, K Zhu, D Huang… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thus far, the available works on sequencing flexibility in shop floor scheduling only consider
the sequencing flexibility with serial operation constraint. However, the sequencing flexibility …

Toward automated algorithm configuration for distributed hybrid flow shop scheduling with multiprocessor tasks

H Gholami, H Sun - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the large volume of requests and the need to speed up the provision of services,
production companies are migrating from a single service center to distributed centers. To …