A hybrid single and dual population search procedure for the job shop scheduling problem

作者:Sels Veronique; Craeymeersch Kjeld; Vanhoucke Mario*
来源:European Journal of Operational Research, 2011, 215(3): 512-523.
DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.06.031

摘要

This paper presents a genetic algorithm and a scatter search procedure to solve the well-known job shop scheduling problem. In contrast to the single population search performed by the genetic algorithm, the scatter search algorithm splits the population of solutions in a diverse and high-quality set to exchange information between individuals in a controlled way. The extension from a single to a dual population, by taking problem specific characteristics into account, can be seen as a stimulator to add diversity in the search process. This has a positive influence on the important balance between intensification and diversification. Computational experiments verify the benefit of this diversity on the effectiveness of the meta-heuristic search process. Various algorithmic parameters from literature are embedded in both procedures and a detailed comparison is made. A set of standard instances is used to compare the different approaches and the best obtained results are benchmarked against heuristic solutions found in literature.

  • 出版日期2011-12-16