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In simple flow shop problems, each machine operation center includes just one machine. If at least one machine center includes more than one machine, the scheduling problem becomes a flexible flow-shop problem. In this paper, we apply triangular fuzzy membership functions to represent uncertainty in processing times for flexible flow shops with two machine centers, and then propose a fuzzy heuristic algorithm for scheduling their jobs. We first use triangular fuzzy LPT algorithm to allocate jobs, and then use triangular fuzzy Johnson algorithm to deal with sequencing the tasks. The proposed method thus provides a more flexible way of scheduling jobs than conventional scheduling methods.
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Hong, TP., Wang, TT. (1999). A New Fuzzy Flexible Flow-Shop Algorithm for Continuous Fuzzy Domain. In: Imam, I., Kodratoff, Y., El-Dessouki, A., Ali, M. (eds) Multiple Approaches to Intelligent Systems. IEA/AIE 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1611. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48765-4_10
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