Hybrid flexible flowshop problems: Models and solution methods

Approximate Methods for Solving Flowshop Problems

Berth and quay crane scheduling: problems, models and solution methods

A PSO-Based Hybrid Metaheuristic for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problems

This paper investigates the permutation flowshop scheduling problem (PFSP) with the objectives of minimizing the makespan and the total flowtime and proposes a hybrid metaheuristic based on the particle swarm optimization (PSO). To enhance the exploration ability of the hybrid metaheuristic, a simulated annealing hybrid with a stochastic variable neighborhood search is incorporated. To improve ...

Models, solution, methods and their applicability of dynamic location problems (DLPs) (a gap analysis for further research)

Determining the best location to be profitable for the facility’s lifetime is the important decision of public and private firms, so this is why discussion about dynamic location problems (DLPs) is a critical significance. This paper presented a comprehensive review from 1968 up to most recent on published researches about DLPs and classified them into two parts. First, mathematical models deve...

َA Multi-objective simulated annealing algorithm to solving flexible no-wait flowshop scheduling problems with transportation times

This paper deals with a bi-objective hybrid no-wait flowshop scheduling problem minimizing the makespan and total weighted tardiness, in which we consider transportation times between stages. Obtaining an optimal solution for this type of complex, large-sized problem in reasonable computational time by using traditional approaches and optimization tools is extremely difficult. This paper presen...