EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, cilt.37, sa.2, ss.1361-1368, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
In this paper, we consider the flow shop scheduling problem with respect to the both objectives of makespan and total flowtime. This problem is known to be NP-hard type in literature Several algorithms have been proposed to solve this problem We present a multi-objective ant colony system algorithm (MOACSA). which combines ant colony optimization approach and a local search strategy in order to solve this scheduling problem. The proposed algorithm is tested with well-known problems in literature Its solution performance was compared with the existing multi-objective heuristics. The Computational results show that proposed algorithm is more efficient and better than other methods compared (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved