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Metaheuristics for scheduling jobs with incompatible families on parallel batching machines

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  • C Almeder

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • L Mönch

    (University of Hagen)

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In this paper, we discuss the scheduling of jobs with incompatible families on parallel batching machines. The performance measure is total weighted tardiness. This research is motivated by a scheduling problem found in the diffusion and oxidation areas of semiconductor wafer fabrication where the machines can be modelled as parallel batch processors. Given that this scheduling problem is NP-hard, we suggest an ant colony optimization (ACO) and a variable neighbourhood search (VNS) approach. Both metaheuristics are hybridized with a decomposition heuristic and a local search scheme. We compare the performance of the two algorithms with that of a genetic algorithm (GA) based on extensive computational experiments. The VNS approach outperforms the ACO and GA approach with respect to time and solution quality.

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  • C Almeder & L Mönch, 2011. "Metaheuristics for scheduling jobs with incompatible families on parallel batching machines," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(12), pages 2083-2096, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:62:y:2011:i:12:d:10.1057_jors.2010.186
    DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.186
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