A Q-learning-based hyper-heuristic evolutionary algorithm for the distributed flexible job-shop scheduling problem with crane transportation

ZQ Zhang, FC Wu, B Qian, R Hu, L Wang… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the globalization and sustainable development of the modern manufacturing industry,
distributed manufacturing and scheduling systems that consider environmental effects have …

A cooperative scatter search with reinforcement learning mechanism for the distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup …

F Zhao, G Zhou, L Wang - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of reinforcement learning technology into meta-heuristic algorithms to
address complex combinatorial optimization problems has attracted much attention in recent …

An estimation of distribution algorithm-based hyper-heuristic for the distributed assembly mixed no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problem

F Zhao, B Zhu, L Wang - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The distributed assembly mixed no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problem
(DAMNIPFSP), a common occurrence in modern industries like integrated circuit production …

Q-learning-based hyper-heuristic evolutionary algorithm for the distributed assembly blocking flowshop scheduling problem

ZQ Zhang, B Qian, R Hu, JB Yang - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
Distributed shop scheduling problems (DSSPs) have attracted increasing interest in recent
years due to the technical trends of smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0. The distributed …

Scheduling Multiobjective Dynamic Surgery Problems via -Learning-Based Meta-Heuristics

H Yu, K Gao, N Wu, MC Zhou… - … on Systems, Man …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work addresses multiobjective dynamic surgery scheduling problems with considering
uncertain setup time and processing time. When dealing with them, researchers have to …

An Iterative Greedy Algorithm With -Learning Mechanism for the Multiobjective Distributed No-Idle Permutation Flowshop Scheduling

F Zhao, C Zhuang, L Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The distributed no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problem (DNIPFSP) has widely
existed in various manufacturing systems. The makespan and total tardiness are optimized …

Collaborative Q-learning hyper-heuristic evolutionary algorithm for the production and transportation integrated scheduling of silicon electrodes

R Hu, YF Huang, X Wu, B Qian, L Wang… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Silicon electrodes are widely used in semiconductor etching machines. The periodic
consumption of silicon electrodes has become an important consumable in wafer …

A novel parallel simulated annealing methodology to solve the no-wait flow shop scheduling problem with earliness and tardiness objectives

I Karacan, O Senvar, S Bulkan - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the no-wait flow shop problem with earliness and tardiness objectives is
considered. The problem is proven to be NP-hard. Recent no-wait flow shop problem …

A multidimensional probabilistic model based evolutionary algorithm for the energy-efficient distributed flexible job-shop scheduling problem

ZQ Zhang, Y Li, B Qian, R Hu, JB Yang - Engineering Applications of …, 2024 - Elsevier
With escalating environmental effects, the spotlight on low-carbon manufacturing has
garnered significant attention. The rise of distributed production has emerged as a …

No-Wait Flow Shop scheduling problem: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

DM Utama, SZ Umamy, CN Al-Imron - RAIRO-Operations Research, 2024 - rairo-ro.org
One of the most widely studied problems in flow shop scheduling is not allowing jobs to wait
to be processed at the next stage. This constraint causes the job to be processed …