Abstract:Abstract. The job shop scheduling problem that is concerned with minimizing makespan is discussed. A new heuristic algorithm that embeds an improved shifting bottleneck procedure into the Tabu Search (TS) technique is presented. This algorithm is different from the previous procedures, because the improved shifting bottleneck procedure is a new procedure for the problem, and the two remarkable strategies of intensification and diversification of TS are modified. In addition, a new kind of neighborhood structur… Show more
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