《A Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm to Job Shop Scheduling》.pdf

Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference L. F. Perrone, F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, B. G. Lawson, D. M. Nicol, and R. M. Fujimoto, eds. A BEE COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM TO JOB SHOP SCHEDULING Chin Soon Chong Malcolm Yoke Hean Low Singapore Institute of School of Computer Engineering Manufacturing Technology Nanyang Technological University 71 Nanyang Drive Nanyang Avenue SINGAPORE 638075 SINGAPORE 639798 Appa Iyer Sivakumar Kheng Leng Gay School of Mechanical and Production Engineering School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue Nanyang Avenue SINGAPORE 639798 SINGAPORE 639798 ABSTRACT job are to be performed in a specified sequence on specific machines. The objective of scheduling is to determine the In the face of globalization and rapidly shrinking product job schedules that minimize (or maximize) a measure (or life cycle, manufacturing companies are trying different multiple measures