Scheduling activities in flow shops involves generating a sequence in which the jobs must be processed. To generate the sequence, some criteria are taken into account, such as the completion time of all the jobs, delay time in delivery, idle time, cost of processing the jobs, work in process, among others. In this case, completion time of all jobs and idle time are taken as the objective function. To generate the sequence, a Memetic Algorithm (MA) is used that combines Simulated Annealing (SA) and Genetic Algorithms (GA) to solve the problem. A permutation type decoding was used for the vectors that make up the MA population. The SA was used for the generation of the initial population. Selection, recombination and mutation processes are generated in a similar way to GA. In this case there are 6 parameters to be set; temperature, z parameter, recombination probability, mutation probability, cycles and initial population. To set these parameters, the Response Surface Methodology is used for two objectives. Achieving improvements in the algorithm result of at least 2%. These results help to minimize processing times which impacts with the economics of the enterprise. Using the MA in an interface that helps the user to make a decisión about the Schedule of the Jobs.
The objective of this study was to analyze the footprint morphology and obtain the Chippaux-Smirak Index in a Mexican population to identify the type of feet and its prevalence. A database of images of the soles of both feet was analyzed. The database contained images of 1,014 persons between 2 and 73 years old from Guanajuato state, Mexico. Moreover, a literature review was performed to identify the type of feet in the Mexican population. It was observed that less than 17 % of the population have cavus foot (p= 0.018). Furthermore, less than 25 % of the population between 17 and 73 years have flatfoot 3 (p= 0.0079) in the left foot. Also, only nine articles related to the type of foot in the Mexican population were found, but most of them were performed on young population. The formation of the medial arc could be beyond the first decade of life and the relatively high prevalence of flatfoot in adult life should be studied. Finally, the results found can be useful for orthopedists, physiotherapists, clinicians, and parents who are concerned about the foot health of their children.
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