Research Article

A Study of Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Various Heterogeneous Labors

Table 3

The optimal solution and makespan with  = 6, n = 20.

Amount of hired heterogeneous labors (E)Arrangement of laborsDispatching ruleCmaxOptimum solutionCPU time
( = 1, m = 3)( = 2, m = 4)( = 3, m = 3)( = 4, m = 3)( = 5, m = 3)( = 6, m = 4)(Total cost)(ms)

0(20, 0, 0)RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR590.5177150
1(19, 0, 1)RORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR587.29173544.25315.63
(19, 1, 0)RDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR589.25172650.255218.08
2(18, 0, 2)RORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRORR605.47176190.325331.14
(18, 1, 1)RORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDRR599.96173087.745295.04
(18, 2, 0)RDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDRR599.43171436.275376.2
3(17, 0, 3)RORRRRRRRRRRRRRROORR611.46175182.575263.86
(17, 1, 2)RORRRRRRRRRRRRRRDORR615.22174721.775375.03
(17, 2, 1)RORRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDRR600.21168957.715302.12
(17, 3, 0)RDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDRR612.15170789.155534.99
4(16, 0, 4)RORORRRRRRRRRRRROORR613.08172887.155481.58
(16, 1, 3)RORDRRRRRRRRRRRROORR595.37166405.225319.75
(16, 2, 2)RORDRRRRRRRRRRRRDORR602.28166831.565470.35
(16, 3, 1)RORDRRRRRRRRRRRRDDRR602.74165450.765358.12
(16, 4, 0)RDRDRRRRRRRRRRRRDDRR599.82163151.725531.05
5(15, 0, 5)RORORRRRRRRRRRRROORO616.05170954.575417.81
(15, 1, 4)RORORRRRRRRRRRRROORD618.81170172.755599.63
(15, 2, 3)RORDRRRRRRRRRRRROORD617.06168149.535392.19
(15, 3, 2)RORDRRRRRRRRRRRRDORD619.57167282.555545.63
(15, 4, 1)RORDRRRRRRRRRRRRDDRD612.53163851.115641.47
(15, 5, 0)RDRDRRRRRRRRRRRRDDRD612.25162246.255452.24
6(14, 0, 6)RORORORRRRRRRRRROORO620.49169393.095592.88
(14, 1, 5)RORORDRRRRRRRRRROORO613.28165890.895470.4
(14, 2, 4)RORORDRRRRRRRRRROORD614.12164584.165654.9
(14, 3, 3)RORDRDRRRRRRRRRROORD618.42164189.185562.88
(14, 4, 2)RORDRDRRRRRRRRRRDORD631.46166073.325736.43
(14, 5, 1)RORDRDRRRRRRRRRRDDRD613.77159886.435522.81
(14, 6, 0)RDRDRDRRRRRRRRRRDDRD623.56160878.485609.58
7(13, 0, 7)RORORORRRRORRRRROORO625.11167842.715539.26
(13, 1, 6)RORORORRRRDRRRRROORO625.54166392.315747.1
(13, 2, 5)RORORDRRRRDRRRRROORO627.68165393.025707.66
(13, 3, 4)RORORDRRRRDRRRRROORD622.06162358.315529.52
(13, 4, 3)RORDRDRRRRDRRRRROORD628.93162577.765670.48
(13, 5, 2)RORDRDRRRRDRRRRRDORD634.34162391.045532.89
(13, 6, 1)RORDRDRRRRDRRRRRDDRD635.2161023.835863.24
(13, 7, 0)RDRDRDRRRRDRRRRRDDRD635.44159495.445635.21
20(0, 0, 20)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO713.87207022.888159.69
(0, 1, 19)OOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO715.98205844.258298.79
(0, 2, 18)OOOODOOOOOOOOODOOOOO713.39203316.728401.87
(0, 3, 17)DOOODOOOOOOOOODOOOOO714.9201958.48321.09
(0, 4, 16)DOOODODOOOOOOODOOOOO714.99200197.768190.65
(0, 5, 15)DOOODODOOOOOODDOOOOO719.76199733.968045.88
(0, 6, 14)DOOODODODOOOODDOOOOO721.78256232.978086.76
(0, 7, 13)DODODODODOOOODDOOOOO720.542539907999.67
(0, 8, 12)DODODODDDOOOODDOOOOO722.76252966.358213.06
(0, 9, 11)DODODODDDOOODDDOOOOO721.33250662.528260.78
(0, 10, 10)DODODODDDOODDDDOOOOO724.77250045.318469.36
(0, 11, 9)DODODODDDOODDDDOOODO725.78248580.688293.31
(0, 12, 8)DODODODDDOODDDDDOODO723.89246123.968562.87
(0, 13, 7)DODODODDDDODDDDDOODO722.77243935.218583.97
(0, 14, 6)DODODODDDDDDDDDDOODO726.89243509.168756.91
(0, 15, 5)DODODDDDDDDDDDDDOODO725.76241316.28861.01
(0, 16, 4)DODODDDDDDDDDDDDOODD724.35239034.518684.7
(0, 17, 3)DODDDDDDDDDDDDDDOODD727.54238269.688798.53
(0, 18, 2)DODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDODD729.49237084.258689.65
(0, 19, 1)DODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD731.13235787.818759.75
(0, 20, 0)DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD730.98233914.248860.41