A hybrid genetic algorithm to minimize total tardiness for unrelated parallel machine scheduling with precedence constraints

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Chunfeng ^a  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; DETERMINISTIC SCHEDULING; FEASIBLE SCHEDULE; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS; PUNISHMENT COSTS; TOTAL TARDINESS; UNRELATED PARALLEL MACHINES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84881429545     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/537127     Document Type: Article

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