A survey on the imperialist competitive algorithm metaheuristic: implementation in engineering domain and directions for future research

S Hosseini, A Al Khaled - Applied Soft Computing, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA), derived from the field of human social
evolution, is a component of swarm intelligence theory. It was first introduced in 2007 to deal …

The hybrid flow shop scheduling problem

R Ruiz, JA Vázquez-Rodríguez - European journal of operational research, 2010 - Elsevier
The scheduling of flow shops with multiple parallel machines per stage, usually referred to
as the hybrid flow shop (HFS), is a complex combinatorial problem encountered in many …

Robust network design for sustainable-resilient reverse logistics network using big data: A case study of end-of-life vehicles

K Govindan, H Gholizadeh - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
With new global regulations on supply chains (SCs), sustainable regulation mechanisms
have become subject to controversy. The intention is to create and expand green and …

Fuzzy mathematical programming and self-adaptive artificial fish swarm algorithm for just-in-time energy-aware flow shop scheduling problem with outsourcing option

EB Tirkolaee, A Goli, GW Weber - IEEE transactions on fuzzy …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flow shop scheduling (FSS) problem constitutes a major part of production planning in
every manufacturing organization. It aims at determining the optimal sequence of processing …

Preventive maintenance for the flexible flowshop scheduling under uncertainty: A waste-to-energy system

H Gholizadeh, H Fazlollahtabar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Nowadays, an efficient and robust plan for maintenance activities can reduce the total cost
significantly in the equipment-driven industry. Maintenance activities are directly associated …

A parallel hybrid PSO-GA algorithm for the flexible flow-shop scheduling with transportation

A Amirteimoori, I Mahdavi, M Solimanpur, SS Ali… - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model to simultaneously schedule
jobs and transporters in a flexible flow shop system is suggested. Wherein multiple jobs …

A three-stage multiobjective approach based on decomposition for an energy-efficient hybrid flow shop scheduling problem

B Zhang, Q Pan, L Gao, LL Meng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates an energy-efficient hybrid flowshop scheduling problem with the
consideration of machines with different energy usage ratios, sequence-dependent setups …

A discrete artificial bee colony algorithm for distributed hybrid flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times

Y Li, X Li, L Gao, B Zhang, QK Pan… - … Journal of Production …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
With the development of global and decentralised economies, distributed production
emerges in large manufacturing firms. A distributed production model exists with hybrid …

An effective co-evolutionary artificial bee colony algorithm for steelmaking-continuous casting scheduling

QK Pan - European Journal of Operational Research, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a new steelmaking-continuous casting (SCC) scheduling problem
from iron and steel production processing. We model the problem as a combination of two …

A genetic algorithm for the hybrid flow shop scheduling with unrelated machines and machine eligibility

C Yu, Q Semeraro, A Matta - Computers & Operations Research, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a genetic algorithm to solve the hybrid flow shop scheduling problem to
minimize the total tardiness. Practical assumptions as unrelated machines and machine …