Heuristic algorithms for two-machine job shop problem under availability constraints on one machine: makespan minimization

摘要

We discuss the two-machine job shop scheduling problem with availability constraints on one machine for maximum completion time (makespan) minimization. We consider the problem when unavailability periods are planned in advance and operations are non-preemptive. Firstly, some propositions considering Jackson’s rule under availability constraints are introduced. Then, we provide polynomial-time algorithm based on Jackson’s rule and an iterated local search tabu based algorithm exploiting the optimality of Jackson’s rule between each two consecutive availability periods to solve the problem. Finally, we present some experimental results.