this paper explores the flexile flow lines where setup times are sequence- dependent. the optimization criterion is the minimization of total weighted completion time. we propose an iterated greedy algorithm (iga) to tackle the problem. an experimental evaluation is conducted to evaluate the proposed algorithm and, then, the obtained results of iga are compared against those of some other exist...

nowadays, by successful application of on time production concept in other concepts like production management and storage, the need to complete the processing of jobs in their delivery time is considered a key issue in industrial environments. unrelated parallel machines scheduling is a general mood of classic problems of parallel machines. in some of the applications of unrelated parallel mac...

In the present investigation, we deal with the reliability characteristics of a repairable system consisting of two independent operating units, by incorporating the coverage factor. The probability of the successful detection, location and recovery from a failure is known as the coverage probability. The reboot delay and common cause shock failure are also considered. The times to failure of t...

Abstract In Newtonian mechanics, time and space are perceived as absolute entities. Einstein’s relativity theory, is frame dependent. Time also affected by gravitational field the varies in space, throughout space. present article, thermodynamic-based investigated. macroscopic view of thermodynamics, energy conserved every system or process. On other hand, exergy (availability) not can be destr...