Evolutionary Search and the Job Shop: Investigations on Genetic Algorithms for Production Scheduling

ISBN-13: 9783790809176 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 153 str.

W. Domschke; Dirk C. Mattfeld; H. Tempelmeier

Opis

Part of the "Production and Logistics" series, this book discusses the suitability of genetic algorithms for production scheduling, and presents an approach which produces results comparable with those of more tailored optimization techniques.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2. Job Shop Scheduling.- 3. Local Search Techniques.- 4. Evolutionary Algorithms.- 5. Perspectives on Adaptive Scheduling..- 6. Population Flow in Adaptive Scheduling.- 7. Adaptation of Structured Populations.- 8. A Computational Study.- 9. Conclusions and Outlook.- References.