Scheduling involving no-wait in process plays an important role in industries such as plastic,
chemical, and pharmaceutical. Moreover, many scheduling problems in other industries …

Harmony search algorithm is the recently developed metaheuristic in the last decade. It
mimics the behavior of a musician producing a perfect harmony. It has been used to solve …

A permutation flow-shop scheduling problem (PFSP) has been studied for a long time due to
its significance in real-life applications. This work proposes an improved artificial bee colony …

This paper proposes a Pareto-based grouping discrete harmony search algorithm (PGDHS)
to solve the multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP). Two objectives …

Flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is a practically useful extension of the classical
job shop scheduling problem. This paper proposes an effective discrete harmony search …

In this paper, a discrete Water Wave Optimization algorithm (DWWO) is proposed to solve
the no-wait flowshop scheduling problem (NWFSP) with respect to the makespan criterion …

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the development of the harmony search
(HS) algorithm and its applications. HS is a well-known human-based meta-heuristic …

As an important subset of combinatorial optimization, 0–1 knapsack problems, especially the
high-dimensional ones, are often difficult to solve. This study aims to provide a new …

As the main link of the rapidly developing prefabricated construction industry, the production
of precast components (PCs) has become a research hotspot. Therefore, the distributed …

This paper proposes an island neighboring heuristics harmony search algorithm (INHS) to
tackle the blocking flow-shop scheduling problem. The island model is used to diversify the …