A NeuroGenetic Approach for Multiprocessor Scheduling

This chapter presents a NeuroGenetic approach for solving a family of multiprocessor scheduling problems. We address primarily the Job-Shop scheduling problem, one of the hardest of the various scheduling problems. We propose a new approach, the NeuroGenetic approach, which is a hybrid metaheuristic...

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Autor principal: Agarwal, Anurag
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: IntechOpen 2007
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Sumario:This chapter presents a NeuroGenetic approach for solving a family of multiprocessor scheduling problems. We address primarily the Job-Shop scheduling problem, one of the hardest of the various scheduling problems. We propose a new approach, the NeuroGenetic approach, which is a hybrid metaheuristic that combines augmented-neural-networks (AugNN) and genetic algorithms-based search methods. The AugNN approach is a nondeterministic iterative local-search method which combines the benefits of a heuristic search and iterative neural-network search. Genetic algorithms based search is particularly good at global search. An interleaved approach between AugNN and GA combines the advantages of local search and global search, thus providing improved solutions compared to AugNN or GA search alone. We discuss the encoding and decoding schemes for switching between GA and AugNN approaches to allow interleaving. The purpose of this study is to empirically test the extent of improvement obtained by using the interleaved hybrid approach instead of applied using a single approach on the job-shop scheduling problem. We also describe the AugNN formulation and a Genetic Algorithm approach for the JobShop problem. We present the results of AugNN, GA and the NeuroGentic approach on some benchmark job-shop scheduling problems.
ISBN:978-3-902613-02-8
DOI:10.5772/5218