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A Job Shop Scheduler using a Genetic Tree Algorithm

Topic
A Job Shop Scheduler using a Genetic Tree Algorithm
Author
David Crafti
Location
Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia
Supervisor
Dr. David Green, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University
Last Updated
07/01/04

Project Overview:

Job Shop Scheduling (JSS) is a well explored, yet extremely difficult problem. Genetic Tree Algorithms (GTAs) are a new and promising evolutionary technique to minimise the complexity of difficult search problems. In this thesis, we devise and implement a scheme to use a GTA to try to find optimal solutions to hard JSS problems. Mixed results are produced, though potential is found in using a GTA for JSS in its current and slightly modified forms.