Heuristics for the Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Sequence-Dependent Setup times

Table 2

Parameter settings of the factors in the experimental design.

	Factors	Index	Levels
Main factor	Problem size		n	k
Subplot factor		1	20	4
		2	50	6
		3	100	8
	Flexibility		F	m s
		1	1/3	[2, 8]
		2	2/3
		3	1
	Setup-to-processing time proportion		S/P	()
		1	5%	[1, 5]
		2	10%	[1, 10]
		3	25%	[1, 25]
		4	50%	[1, 50]
		5	75%	[1, 75]
		6	100%	[1, 100]
		7	125%	[1, 125]
		8	150%	[1, 150]
	Algorithm	1	EPRA
		2	ESRA
		3	ESPRA