Estimation of Distribution Algorithms Applied to the Job Shop Scheduling Problem: Some Preliminary Research

In this chapter we applied discrete and continuous Estimation of Distribution Algorithms to the job shop scheduling problem. We borrow from Genetic Algorithms literature the most successful codifications and hybridizations. Estimation of Distribution Algorithms are plainly applied with these elements in the Fisher and Thompson (1963) datasets. The results are comparable with those obtained with Genetic Algorithms.

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