Egyptian Informatics Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25, P. 100424 - 100424
Published: Dec. 8, 2023
In
the
realm
of
customized
manufacturing,
production
cycles
are
often
compressed
to
capture
market
opportunities
swiftly.
The
blanking
system
stands
as
inaugural
and
pivotal
phase
in
large
equipment
manufacturing.
This
study
abstracts
a
novel
problem
from
real-world
systems,
distributed
unrelated
parallel
machine
scheduling
with
heterogeneous
factories
order
priorities
(DUPMS-HP).
presented
work
formulates
bi-objective
DUPMS-HP,
aiming
minimize
both
total
weighted
tardiness
workload
gap
each
machine.
A
learning-based
two-phase
cooperative
optimizer
(LCTPO)
is
introduced
address
this
NP-hard
problem,
featuring:
i)
evolutionary
algorithm
during
first
stage
for
global
search
ensure
diversity;
ii)
incorporation
five
problem-specific
local
strategies
balance
priority
due
date
constraints.
Additionally,
reinforcement
learning
applied
learn
select
best
neighborhood
operator
elite
solution,
further
enhancing
diversity.
effectiveness
proposed
validated
through
comparative
analysis
state-of-the-art
algorithms
on
20
instances.
Experimental
results
affirm
that
LCTPO
more
adept
at
solving
DUPMS-HP
compared
alternative
algorithms.
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
53(12), P. 8013 - 8023
Published: June 8, 2023
With
the
development
of
economy,
distributed
manufacturing
has
gradually
become
mainstream
production
mode.
This
work
aims
to
solve
energy-efficient
flexible
job
shop
scheduling
problem
(EDFJSP)
while
simultaneously
minimizing
makespan
and
energy
consumption.
Some
gaps
are
stated
following:
1)
previous
works
usually
adopt
memetic
algorithm
(MA)
with
variable
neighborhood
search.
However,
local
search
(LS)
operators
inefficient
due
strong
randomness;
2)
confidence-based
adaptive
operator
selection
model
follows
experiences
major
crowds,
which
ignores
efficient
low
weight,
so
it
can
not
select
really
operator;
3)
lack
strategy
save
energy;
4)
framework
adopts
LS
all
solutions,
causes
population
converge
too
quickly
diversity
is
extremely
reduced.
Thus,
we
propose
a
surprisingly
popular-based
MA
(SPAMA)
overcome
above
deficiencies.
The
contributions
as
follows:
four
problem-based
employed
improve
convergence;
popular
degree
(SPD)
feedback-based
self-modifying
proposed
find
weight
correct
crowd
decision
making;
full
active
decoding
presented
reduce
consumption;
an
elite
designed
balance
resources
between
global
LS.
In
order
evaluate
effectiveness
SPAMA,
compared
state-of-the-art
algorithms
on
Mk
DP
benchmarks.
results
demonstrate
superiority
SPAMA
state-of-art
for
solving
EDFJSP.
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
21(4), P. 6550 - 6562
Published: Nov. 1, 2023
Distributed
manufacturing
involving
heterogeneous
factories
presents
significant
challenges
to
enterprises.
Furthermore,
the
need
prioritize
various
jobs
based
on
order
urgency
and
customer
importance
further
complicates
scheduling
process.
Consequently,
this
study
addresses
practical
issue
by
tackling
distributed
hybrid
flow
shop
problem
with
multiple
priorities
of
(DHHFSP-MPJ).
The
primary
objective
is
simultaneously
minimize
total
weighted
tardiness
energy
consumption.
To
solve
DHHFSP-MPJ,
a
double
deep
Q-network-based
co-evolution
(D2QCE)
developed
four
features:
i)
global
local
searches
are
allocated
into
two
populations
balance
computational
resources;
ii)
A
heuristic
strategy
proposed
obtain
an
initialized
population
great
convergence
diversity;
iii)
Four
knowledge-based
neighborhood
structures
accelerate
converging.
Next,
Q-Network
applied
learn
operator
selection;
iv)
An
energy-efficient
presented
save
energy.
verify
effectiveness
D2QCE,
five
state-of-the-art
algorithms
compared
20
instances
real-world
case.
results
numerical
experiments
indicate
that:
D2QN
can
fast
only
consuming
few
computation
resources
select
best
operator.
Combining
vastly
improve
performance
evolutionary
for
solving
scheduling.
D2QCE
has
better
than
state-of-the-arts
DHHFSP-MPJ
Note
Practitioners
—This
paper
inspired
encountered
in
blanking
workshop
systems
within
large
engineering
equipment.
In
scenario,
come
varying
distinct
due
dates.
Balancing
these
priority
date
constraints
while
efficiently
considerable
volume
enhance
enterprise
profitability
poses
challenge.
Thus,
abstracted
jobs.
objectives
minimizing
delay
Notably,
model
never
been
studied
before.
address
this,
we've
formulated
mixed-integer
linear
programming
novel
co-evolutionary
algorithm
Q-networks
(DQN).
Our
approach
introduces
several
key
components.
First,
we
present
framework
strike
between
search
aspects.
Additionally,
devised
three
problem-specific
enhancement
strategies
expedite
convergence,
which
include
initialization,
techniques,
energy-saving
measures.
learning
process
selecting
optimal
minimal
resources,
employ
DQN.
Experimental
demonstrate
superior
our
approach,
outperforming
when
summary,
work
proposes
extended
DHHFSP
provides
case
designing
learning-assisted
algorithm.
However,
online
reinforcement
(DRL)
consumes
additional
time,
generalization
DRL
needs
be
improved.
future
research,
will
consider
dynamic
events
such
as
new
insert
change
workshop.
Moreover,
end-to-end
considered
realize
sustainable
DRL.
Egyptian Informatics Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
24(3), P. 100383 - 100383
Published: May 29, 2023
This
work
aims
to
deal
with
the
distributed
heterogeneous
unrelated
parallel
machine
scheduling
problem
(DHUPMSP)
minimizing
total
tardiness
(TDD)
and
makespan.
To
solve
this
complex
combinatorial
optimization
problem,
proposed
a
knowledge
Pareto-based
memetic
algorithm
(KPMA)
which
contains
following
features:
1)
four
heuristic
rules
are
designed
including
shortest
processing
time
rule,
minimum
factory
workload
finish
earliest
due
date
rule.
Meanwhile,
hybrid
initialization
is
developed
construct
population
great
convergence
diversity;
2)
feature-based
neighborhood
structures
increase
success
rate
of
local
search;
3)
simple
elite
strategy
enhance
usage
historical
solutions.
Finally,
evaluate
performance
KMPA,
it
compared
five
state-of-art
run
on
20
instances
different
scales.
The
results
numerical
experiments
show
that
can
efficiently
save
computation
resources
improve
initialized
convergence.
In
addition,
knowledge-based
vastly
accelerate
exploration.
Moreover,
diversity
final
non-dominated
solutions
set.
KPMA
has
better
than
strong
ability
DHUPMSP.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: March 15, 2025
Abstract
With
the
explosive
growth
of
terminal
devices,
scheduling
massive
parallel
task
streams
has
become
a
core
challenge
for
distributed
platforms.
For
computing
resource
providers,
enhancing
reliability,
shortening
response
times,
and
reducing
costs
are
significant
challenges,
particularly
in
achieving
energy
efficiency
through
to
realize
green
computing.
This
paper
investigates
heterogeneous
flow
problem
minimize
system
consumption
under
time
constraints.
First,
set
independent
tasks
capable
computation
on
terminals,
is
performed
according
computational
capabilities
each
terminal.
The
modeled
as
mixed-integer
nonlinear
programming
using
Directed
Acyclic
Graph
input
model.
Then,
dynamic
method
based
heuristic
reinforcement
learning
algorithms
proposed
schedule
flows.
Furthermore,
redundancy
applied
certain
reliability
analysis
enhance
fault
tolerance
improve
service
quality.
Experimental
results
show
that
our
can
achieve
improvements,
by
14.3%
compared
existing
approaches
two
practical
workflow
instances.