Mathematical Formulation and Genetic Algorithm for Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling with Release Date to Minimize Makespan
摘要
Manufacturing enterprises employ a series of production or assembly operations to manufacture products. These operations are performed in a particular sequence. It is crucial to establish the job sequence that will undergo the series of operations; this is known as the Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling (PFSS) problem. Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) as a mathematical model is elaborated to address the PFSS problem subjected to jobs with release date constraints and minimize makespan. This scheduling problem belongs to the NP-hard optimization problem. Subsequently, a Genetic Algorithm (GA) approach has been designed and implemented. This GA approach proved highly effective in both computational efficiency and optimization performance.