A new dispatching rule based genetic algorithm for the multi-objective job shop problem

Journal of Heuristics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 771-793

  Vázquez Rodríguez, José Antonio ^a   Petrovic, Sanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispatching rules; Genetic algorithms; Hyperheuristics; Job shop problem; Multi objective optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMISATION; DISPATCHING RULES; HYPER-HEURISTICS; JOB SHOP PROBLEM; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROBLEM; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION; NSGA-II; PERMUTATION REPRESENTATION; SELECTION MECHANISM; SINGLE OBJECTIVE; SOLUTION SPACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHTED TARDINESS;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 78049527141     PISSN: 13811231     EISSN: 15729397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10732-009-9120-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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