Multiprocessor system scheduling with precedence and resource constraints using an enhanced ant colony system

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 2071-2081

  Lo, Shih Tang ^a   Chen, Ruey Maw ^b   Huang, Yueh Min ^a   Wu, Chung Lun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Multiprocessor; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANT COLONY SYSTEM ALGORITHM; RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 37349117451     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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