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Quantum-inspired ant colony optimisation algorithm for a two-stage permutation flow shop with batch processing machines

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Zhen Chen
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Xu Zheng
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Shengchao Zhou
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Chuang Liu
陈华平 (Huaping Chen) *
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2019.1661535delete
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This paper studied two-stage permutation flow shop problems with batch processing machines, considering different job sizes and arbitrary arrival times, with the optimisation objective of minimising the makespan. The quantum-inspired ant colony optimisation (QIACO) algorithm was proposed to solve the problem. In the QIACO algorithm, the ants are divided into two groups: one group selects the largest job in terms of job size as the initial job for each batch and the other group selects the smallest job as the initial job for each batch. Each group of ants has its own pheromone matrix. In the computational experiment, our novel algorithm was compared with the hybrid discrete differential evolution (HDDE) algorithm and the batch-based hybrid ant colony optimisation (BHACO) algorithm. Although the HDDE algorithm has a shorter run time, the quality of the solution for large-scale jobs is not good, while the BHACO algorithm always obtains a better solution but requires a longer run time. The computational results show that the QIACO algorithm embedded in the quantum information has advantages in terms of both solution quality and running time.
Keywords:
scheduling
permutation flow shop
batch processing machines
makespan
quantum-inspired ant colony optimisation
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International Journal of Production Research cover
International Journal of Production Research
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university of science & technology of china, cas
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chinese academy of sciences
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