A Hybrid Imperialist Competitive Algorithm for the Distributed Unrelated Parallel Machines Scheduling Problem

In this paper, the distributed unrelated parallel machines scheduling problem (DUPMSP) is studied and a hybrid imperialist competitive algorithm (HICA) is proposed to minimize total tardiness. All empires were categorized into three types: the strongest empire, the weakest empire, and other empires;...

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Main Authors: Youlian Zheng, Yue Yuan, Qiaoxian Zheng, Deming Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/204