求解Job Shop调度问题的一种新的邻域搜索算法

利用了混合邻域结构进行搜索来求解Job Shop调度问题．算法使用的混合邻域结构不仅使邻域搜索具有效率,而且有助于搜索有效地跳出局部极小值的陷阱,让计算走向前景更好的区域．算法采用的“单机调度”和“同工件工序调整”的跳坑策略能够帮助搜索找到更好的局部极小值．采用国际文献中所有的10工件10机器算例以及另外7个难算例作为本算法的测试实验集,与目前国际上最好的近似算法和另外一种先进算法进行了比较．实算结果验证了算法的寻优性能．     

一种求解动态优化问题的改进自适应差分进化算法

针对原始动态自适应差分进化（SADE）算法局部搜索能力弱和寻优精度低的问题,提出一种求解动态优化问题的邻域搜索差分进化（NSDE）算法。通过引入邻域搜索机制,在划分种群最优个体的邻域空间范围内产生候选解,选取候选解集合中的最优解并对种群最优个体进行迭代,增强算法局部搜索能力。在传统基于距离的排斥方案中,引入hill-valley函数追踪邻近峰,提高算法寻优精度。实验结果表明,与SADE、人工免疫网络动态优化、多种群竞争差分进化和改进差分进化算法相比,NSDE算法在49个测试问题中分别有28、38、29和38个测试问题的平均误差更小,综合性能表现更好。     

一种新的求解TSP的混合量子进化算法

在分析量子进化基本概念的基础上，提出了一种新的求解TSP的混合量子进化算法（MQEA）。该算法将三段优化局部搜索算法融入量子进化机制，采用一种基于边的编码方法，应用最近邻规则设置初始参数，并设计了排序交叉算子以扩展种群的搜索范围。通过选取国际通用旅行商问题（TSP）实例库(TSPLIB)中的多个实例进行测试，表明新算法具有高的精确度和鲁棒性，即使对于中大规模问题（城市数大于500），也能以很小的种群和微小的相对误差求得满意解。     

基于混合差分进化算法的无等待流水车间总流水时间优化*

以调度的总流水时间为优化目标, 提出一种混合差分进化算法。 首先, 建立无等待流水车间调度的问题模型,并用快速方法评估总流水时间指标。 其次,采用LPV规则,实现离散问题的连续编码; 用差分进化算法对总流水时间指标执行优化;引入插入邻域和基于pairwise的局部搜索算法, 分别对差分进化算法产生的新个体和差分进化算法的最优解执行邻域搜索, 达到优化目标全局和局部的最优。 最后,通过计算标准算例, 并与其他算法比较, 验证该混合差分进化算法的有效性。     

求解作业车间调度问题的混合帝国主义竞争算法

针对最小化最大完工时间的作业车间调度问题（JSP）,提出一种结合帝国主义竞争算法（ICA）和禁忌搜索（TS）算法的混合算法。混合算法以帝国主义竞争算法为基础,在同化操作中融入遗传算法中的杂交算子和变异算子,使算法全局搜索能力更强。为了克服帝国主义竞争算法局部搜索能力弱的缺点,引入禁忌搜索算法进一步优化同化操作后的后代。禁忌搜索算法采用混合邻域结构和新型选择策略,使得算法能够更有效地搜索邻域解。混合算法兼具全局搜索能力和局部搜索能力,通过对13个经典的Benchmark调度问题进行仿真测试,并与近年4种新型混合算法进行对比分析,实验结果表明了所提算法求解Job Shop调度问题的有效性和稳定性。     

求解非线性方程组系统的改进差分进化算法

针对基于邻域拥挤的差分进化算法求解非线性方程组系统时存在丢根、陷入局部最优等不足,提出一种改进的差分进化算法.首先,提出一种个体预判机制,判断当前群体的个体属于哪一类,并分别采取不同的操作;其次,设计一种新的混合差分变异算子,以增强算法跳出局部最优的能力;然后,改进外部存档策略,延长了父代优秀个体在种群的保存时间,有利于搜索该优秀个体附近的根.在所选测试函数集上的实验结果表明,所提出的算法能有效搜索到非线性方程组系统的多个根,并与当前5种算法进行对比,所提出算法在找根率和成功率上更具优越性.     

一种求解双目标job shop问题的混合进化算法

提出一种求解双目标job shop排序问题的混合进化算法．该算法采用改进的精英复制策略，降低了计算复杂性；通过引入递进进化模式，避免了算法的早熟；通过递进过程中的非劣解邻域搜索，增强了算法局部搜索性能．采用该算法和代表性算法NSGA-Ⅱ，MOGLS对82个标准双目标job shop算例进行优化对比，所得结果验证了该算法求解双目标job shop排序问题的有效性．     

求解工件车间调度问题的一种新的邻域搜索算法

该文提出了一种新的求解工件车间调度(job shop scheduling)问题的邻域搜索算法．问题的目标是：在满足约束条件的前提下使得调度的makespan尽可能地小．定义了一种新的优先分配规则以生成初始解;定义了一种新的邻域结构;将邻域搜索跟单机调度结合在一起;提出了跳坑策略以跳出局部最优解并且将搜索引向有希望的方向．计算了当前国际文献中的一组共58个benchmark问题实例,算法的优度高于当前国外学者提出的两种著名的先进算法．其中对18个10工件10机器的实例,包括最著名的难解实例ft10,在可接受的时间内都找到了最优解．这些实例是当前文献中报导的所有规模为10工件10机器的实例．     

混合离散人工蜂群算法求解含不相关并行机的分布式柔性流水线调度

研究每阶段含不相关并行机的分布式柔性流水线调度问题.考虑顺序相关准备时间和工件动态到达时间,以最小化总加权提前/拖期惩罚为目标建立整数规划模型,提出一种融合离散差分进化算法、变邻域下降算法和局域搜索的混合离散人工蜂群算法以获取近优解.该算法采用基于工厂-工件号的编码以及基于机器最早空闲时间的动态解码机制,通过随机规则和均衡分派策略生成初始工厂-工件序列群,在引领蜂阶段引入离散差分进化算法产生优质工厂-工件序列,在跟随蜂阶段利用变邻域下降算法在被选择序列附近继续搜索以得到邻域序列,在侦察蜂阶段设计基于关键/非关键工厂间插入的局域搜索提高算法搜索能力.通过仿真实验测试不同规模的算例,实验结果表明,所提出的混合离散人工蜂群算法表现出较好的求解性能.     

具有自加速与变邻域搜索的差分演化算法

在分析差分演化（DE）进化方式基础上,首先利用自加速性改进差异算子与选择算子,然后结合变邻域搜索改善算法的局部搜索能力,提出了一种具有自加速特性与变邻域搜索能力的差分演化算法(SAVNDE);基于DE的三种进化模式,利用5个Benchmark测试函数进行对比计算,实验结果表明：SAVNDE在保持了DE原有特性基础上,以较快的速度获得更好的结果。     

A study of hybrid evolutionary algorithms for single machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times

We present a systematic comparison of hybrid evolutionary algorithms (HEAs), which independently use six combinations of three crossover operators and two population updating strategies, for solving the single machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times. Experiments show the competitive performance of the combination of the linear order crossover operator and the similarity-and-quality based population updating strategy. Applying the selected HEA to solve 120 public benchmark instances of the single machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times to minimize the total weighted tardiness widely used in the literature, we achieve highly competitive results compared with the exact algorithm and other state-of-the-art metaheuristic algorithms in the literature. Meanwhile, we apply the selected HEA in its original form to deal with the unweighted 64 public benchmark instances. Our HEA is able to improve the previous best known results for one instance and match the optimal or the best known results for the remaining 63 instances in a reasonable time.     

A tabu search based hybrid evolutionary algorithm for the max-cut problem

This paper presents a tabu search based hybrid evolutionary algorithm (TSHEA) for solving the max-cut problem. The proposed algorithm integrates a distance-and-quality based solution combination operator and a tabu search procedure based on neighborhood combination of one-flip and constrained exchange moves. Comparisons with leading reference algorithms from the literature disclose that the proposed algorithm discovers new best solutions for 15 out of 91 instances, while matching the best known solutions on all but 4 instances. Analysis indicates that the neighborhood combination and the solution combination operator play key roles to the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

A hybrid evolutionary algorithm for heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problems with time windows

This paper presents a hybrid evolutionary algorithm (HEA) to solve heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problems with time windows. There are two main types of such problems, namely the fleet size and mix vehicle routing problem with time windows (F) and the heterogeneous fixed fleet vehicle routing problem with time windows (H), where the latter, in contrast to the former, assumes a limited availability of vehicles. The main objective is to minimize the fixed vehicle cost and the distribution cost, where the latter can be defined with respect to en-route time (T) or distance (D). The proposed unified algorithm is able to solve the four variants of heterogeneous fleet routing problem, called FT, FD, HT and HD, where the last variant is new. The HEA successfully combines several metaheuristics and offers a number of new advanced efficient procedures tailored to handle the heterogeneous fleet dimension. Extensive computational experiments on benchmark instances have shown that the HEA is highly effective on FT, FD and HT. In particular, out of the 360 instances we obtained 75 new best solutions and matched 102 within reasonable computational times. New benchmark results on HD are also presented.     

Evolutionary algorithms for the satisfiability problem

Several evolutionary algorithms have been proposed for the satisfiability problem. We review the solution representations suggested in literature and choose the most promising one - the bit string representation - for further evaluation. An empirical comparison on commonly used benchmarks is presented for the most successful evolutionary algorithms and for WSAT, a prominent local search algorithm for the satisfiability problem. The key features of successful evolutionary algorithms are identified, thereby providing useful methodological guidelines for designing new heuristics. Our results indicate that evolutionary algorithms are competitive to WSAT.     

Iterated Local Search for single-machine scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times to minimize total weighted tardiness

We present an Iterated Local Search (ILS) algorithm for solving the single-machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times to minimize the total weighted tardiness. The proposed ILS algorithm exhibits several distinguishing features, including a new neighborhood structure called Block Move and a fast incremental evaluation technique, for evaluating neighborhood solutions. Applying the proposed algorithm to solve 120 public benchmark instances widely used in the literature, we achieve highly competitive results compared with a recently proposed exact algorithm and five sets of best solutions of state-of-the-art metaheuristic algorithms in the literature. Specifically, ILS obtains the optimal solutions for 113 instances within a reasonable time, and it outperforms the previous best-known results obtained by metaheuristic algorithms for 34 instances and matches the best results for 82 instances. In addition, ILS is able to obtain the optimal solutions for the remaining seven instances under a relaxed time limit, and its computational efficiency is comparable with the state-of-the-art exact algorithm by Tanaka and Araki (Comput Oper Res 40:344–352, 2013). Finally, on analyzing some important features that affect the performance of ILS, we ascertain the significance of the proposed Block Move neighborhood and the fast incremental evaluation technique.     

Evolutionary algorithms for scheduling m-machine flow shop with lot streaming

This paper addresses the problem of making sequencing and scheduling decisions for n jobs–m-machines flow shops under lot sizing environment. Lot streaming (Lot sizing) is the process of creating sub lots to move the completed portion of a production sub lots to down stream machines. There is a scope for efficient algorithms for scheduling problems in m-machine flow shop with lot streaming. In recent years, much attention is given to heuristics and search techniques. Evolutionary algorithms that belong to search heuristics find more applications in recent research. Genetic algorithm (GA) and hybrid genetic algorithm (HEA) also known as hybrid evolutionary algorithm fall under evolutionary heuristics. On this concern this paper proposes two evolutionary algorithms namely, GA and HEA to evolve best sequence for makespan/total flow time criterion for m-machine flow shop involved with lot streaming and set-up time. The following two algorithms are used to evaluate the performance of the proposed GA and HEA: (i) Baker's algorithm (BA), an optimal solution procedure for two-machine flow shop problem with lot streaming and makespan objective criterion and (ii) simulated annealing algorithm (SA) for m-machine flow shop problem with lot streaming and makespan and total flow time criteria.     

A quality and distance guided hybrid algorithm for the vertex separator problem

This paper presents a quality and distance guided local search (QD-LS) as the diversification strategy for metaheuristics. QD-LS uses an augmented evaluation function which considers both solution quality and distance between the current solution and the best found solution to guide the search towards promising regions of the search space. To evaluate the performance of QD-LS, we propose a quality and distance guided hybrid algorithm (QD-HA) for solving the vertex separator problem. Based on the framework of evolutionary algorithms, QD-HA integrates a basic tabu search procedure with a random greedy recombination operator and QD-LS strategy. Assessed on two sets of 348 common benchmark instances, QD-HA achieves highly competitive results in terms of both solution quality and computational efficiency compared with state-of-the-art algorithms in the literature. Specifically, it improves the previous best known results for 63 out of 244 large instances while matching the best known results for others. The impact of the quality and distance based diversification strategy is also investigated.     

一种求解二维矩形Packing问题的拟人型全局优化算法

针对二维矩形Packing问题,提出了基于占角动作的基本算法。以基本算法为基础,提出了三阶段优化的拟人型全局优化算法。在第一阶段生成初始布局。在第二阶段交替调用邻域搜索子程序和跳坑策略子程序对矩形块的优先级排序进行优化。邻域搜索采用交换式和插入式两种邻域结构,避免单一邻域结构的局限性。当搜索遇到局部最优解时,采用跳坑策略子程序跳出局部最优解,将搜索引向有希望的区域。在第三阶段调用优美度枚举子程序对占角动作的选择作进一步优化。提出了两条优度定理。对于六组benchmark测试用例的实验结果表明,算法的整体表现优于当前文献中的先进算法。针对矩形块方向固定的情形,算法对zdf6和zdf7两个问题实例得到了比已有文献记录更优的布局。     

An efficient memory-based electromagnetism-like mechanism for the redundancy allocation problem

Meta-heuristic algorithms have been successfully applied to solve the redundancy allocation problem in recent years. Among these algorithms, the electromagnetism-like mechanism (EM) is a powerful population-based algorithm designed for continuous decision spaces. This paper presents an efficient memory-based electromagnetism-like mechanism called MBEM to solve the redundancy allocation problem. The proposed algorithm employs a memory matrix in local search to save the features of good solutions and feed it back to the algorithm. This would make the search process more efficient. To verify the good performance of MBEM, various test problems, especially the 33 well-known benchmark instances in the literature, are examined. The experimental results show that not only optimal solutions of all benchmark instances are obtained within a reasonable computer execution time, but also MBEM outperforms EM in terms of the quality of the solutions obtained, even for large-size problems.     

基于混合杂交与间歇变异的约束优化演化算法

In solving constrained optimization problems with genetic algorithms, more emphases are laid on handling constraints than increasing the search capability of algorithms, which often leed to unsatisfied results as reported inmost literatures. This paper proposes a new evolutionary algorithm for constrained optimization, emphasizing moreon increasing the search capability of the algorithm by means of hybrid crossovers and intermittent mutation while adopting a simple constraint handling technique called direct comparison. Numerical experiments and comparisons show the ettectiveness of the proposed algorithm.