Two-stage hybrid flow shop scheduling has been extensively considered in single-factory settings.However, the distributed two-stage hybrid flow shop scheduling problem (DTHFSP) with fuzzy processing time is seldom investigated in multiple factories. Furthermore, the integration of reinforcement learning and metaheuristic is seldom applied to solve DTHFSP. In the current study, DTHFSP with fuzzy processing time was investigated, and a novel Q-learning-based teaching-learning based optimization (QTLBO) was constructed to minimize makespan. Several teachers were recruited for this study. The teacher phase, learner phase, teacher's self-learning phase, and learner's self-learning phase were designed. The Q-learning algorithm was implemented by 9 states, 4 actions defined as combinations of the above phases, a reward, and an adaptive action selection, which were applied to dynamically adjust the algorithm structure. A number of experiments were conducted. The computational results demonstrate that the new strategies of QTLBO are effective; furthermore, it presents promising results on the considered DTHFSP.
Distributed scheduling has attracted much attention in recent years; however, distributed scheduling problem with uncertainty is seldom considered. In this study, fuzzy distributed two-stage hybrid flow shop scheduling problem (FDTHFSP) with sequence-dependent setup time is addressed and a diversified teaching-learning-based optimization (DTLBO) algorithm is applied to optimize fuzzy makespan and total agreement index. In DTLBO, multiple classes are constructed and categorized into two types according to class quality. Different combinations of global search and neighborhood search are used in two kind of classes. A temporary class with multiple teachers is built based on Pareto rank and difference index and evolved in a new way. Computational experiments are conducted and results demonstrate that the main strategies of DTLBO are effective and DTLBO has promising advantages on solving the considered problem.
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