AIV: A Heuristic Algorithm based on Iterated Local Search and Variable Neighborhood Descent for Solving the Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Setup Times

Matheus Nohra Haddad, Luciano Perdigão Cota, Marcone Jamilson Freitas Souza, Nelson Maculan

2014

Abstract

This paper deals with the Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Setup Times (UPMSPST). The objective is to minimize the maximum completion time of the schedule, the so-called makespan. This problem is commonly found in industrial processes like textile manufacturing and it belongs to NP-Hard class. It is proposed an algorithm named AIV based on Iterated Local Search (ILS) and Variable Neighborhood Descent (VND). This algorithm starts from an initial solution constructed on a greedy way by the Adaptive Shortest Processing Time (ASPT) rule. Then, this initial solution is refined by ILS, using as local search the Random VND procedure, which explores neighborhoods based on swaps and multiple insertions. In this procedure, here called RVND, there is no fixed sequence of neighborhoods, because they are sorted on each application of the local search. In AIV each perturbation is characterized by removing a job from one machine and inserting it into another machine. AIV was tested using benchmark instances from literature. Statistical analysis of the computational experiments showed that AIV outperformed the algorithms of the literature, setting new improved solutions.

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Nohra Haddad M., Perdigão Cota L., Jamilson Freitas Souza M. and Maculan N. (2014). AIV: A Heuristic Algorithm based on Iterated Local Search and Variable Neighborhood Descent for Solving the Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Setup Times . In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-027-7, pages 376-383. DOI: 10.5220/0004884603760383


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@conference{iceis14,
author={Matheus Nohra Haddad and Luciano Perdigão Cota and Marcone Jamilson Freitas Souza and Nelson Maculan},
title={AIV: A Heuristic Algorithm based on Iterated Local Search and Variable Neighborhood Descent for Solving the Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Setup Times},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2014},
pages={376-383},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004884603760383},
isbn={978-989-758-027-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - AIV: A Heuristic Algorithm based on Iterated Local Search and Variable Neighborhood Descent for Solving the Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Setup Times
SN - 978-989-758-027-7
AU - Nohra Haddad M.
AU - Perdigão Cota L.
AU - Jamilson Freitas Souza M.
AU - Maculan N.
PY - 2014
SP - 376
EP - 383
DO - 10.5220/0004884603760383