The blocking flow shop scheduling problem: A comprehensive and conceptual review

HH Miyata, MS Nagano - Expert Systems with Applications, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a literature review on the m-machine flow shop scheduling problem with
blocking conditions. In total, 139 papers are reviewed and classified, ranging from 1969 up …

Constraint guided accelerated search for mixed blocking permutation flowshop scheduling

V Riahi, MAH Newton, K Su, A Sattar - Computers & Operations Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Mixed Blocking Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem (MBPFSP) with the
objective of makespan minimisation is NP-Hard. It has important industrial applications that …

On a bi-criteria flow shop scheduling problem under constraints of blocking and sequence dependent setup time

S Aqil, K Allali - Annals of Operations Research, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we propose a bi-criteria optimization model for a flow shop scheduling problem
with permutation, blocking and sequence dependent setup time. Indeed, these constraints …

Scheduling blocking flowshops with setup times via constraint guided and accelerated local search

MAH Newton, V Riahi, K Su, A Sattar - Computers & Operations Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Permutation flowshop scheduling problem (PFSP) is a classical NP-Hard combinatorial
optimisation problem. Existing PFSP variants capture different realistic scenarios, but …

Tailoring customer order scheduling search algorithms

V Riahi, MAH Newton, MMA Polash, A Sattar - Computers & Operations …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Customer Order Scheduling Problem (COSP) with minimisation of the total
completion time as the objective is NP-Hard. COSP has many applications that include the …

Scalable Neighborhood Local Search for Single-Machine Scheduling with Family Setup Times

K Balzereit, N Grüttemeier, N Morawietz… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this work, we study the task of scheduling jobs on a single machine with sequence
dependent family setup times under the goal of minimizing the makespan, that is, the …

Constraint based local search for flowshops with sequence-dependent setup times

V Riahi, MAH Newton, A Sattar - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Permutation flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times (PFSP-
SDST) and makespan minimisation is NP-hard. It has important practical applications, for …

An adaptive large neighbourhood search algorithm for blocking flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times

F Bagheri, M Kazemi, A Asef-Vaziri… - International …, 2024 - inderscienceonline.com
Flowshop scheduling problem (FSP) belongs to the classical combinatorial optimisation
problem and takes different forms under different production conditions. To make the …

Constraint-guided local search for single mixed-operation runway

V Riahi, MAH Newton, A Sattar - … , New Zealand, December 11-14, 2018 …, 2018 - Springer
Aircraft sequencing problem (ASP) is to schedule the operation times of departing and
arriving aircraft such that their deviation from the desired operation times are minimised …

Makespan preserving flowshop reengineering via blocking constraints

MAH Newton, V Riahi, A Sattar - Computers & Operations Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Blocking constraints are ubiquitous in machine scheduling. In a flowshop scenario, a
machine might get blocked by a job that has just been processed by the same machine. This …