The proportionate flow shop (PFS) is considered as a unique case of the flow shop problem in which the processing times of the operations belonging to the same job are equal. A pr...
The application of pattern recognition (PR) techniques, artificial neural networks (ANNs), and nowadays hybrid artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in manufacturing can be regar...
Abstract-- This paper presents a comparison of three different design concepts for Genetic Fuzzy systems. We apply a Symbiotic Evolution that uses the Michigan approach and two app...
Carsten Franke, Joachim Lepping, Uwe Schwiegelshoh...
Previous research has shown that artificial immune systems can be used to produce robust schedules in a manufacturing environment. The main goal is to develop building blocks (anti...
Salwani Abdullah, Uwe Aickelin, Edmund K. Burke, A...
Developing dispatching rules for manufacturing systems is a tedious process, which is time- and cost-consuming. Since there is no good general rule for different scenarios and ob...