Constraint based Scheduling in a Genetic Algorithm for the Single Machine Scheduling Problem with Sequence-dependent Setup Times

This paper presents a hybrid approach based on the integration between Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Constraint Based Scheduling (CBS) approaches for solving a scheduling problem. The main contributions are the integration of the CBS approach in the reproduction and the intensification processes of a GA autonomously. The proposed methodology is applied to a single machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times for the objective of minimizing the total tardiness. A sensitivity analysis of the hybrid methodology is carried out to compare the performance of the GA and the integrated GA-CBS approaches on different benchmarks from the literature.

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