Pruning search space by dominance rules in best first search for the job shop scheduling problem

In this paper, we propose a pruning method, based on dominance relations among states, for reducing the search space in best-¯rst search. We apply this method to an A* algorithm that explores the space of active schedules for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with makespan minimization. We conducted a...

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Autores: Sierra Sánchez, María Rita|||0000-0002-4884-5243, Varela Arias, José Ramiro|||0000-0002-1610-1792
Tipo de documento: capítulo de livro
Data de publicação:2008
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositório:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/34029
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10651/34029
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Job shop scheduling
Heuristic search
Best first search
Pruning by dominance
Descrição
Resumo:In this paper, we propose a pruning method, based on dominance relations among states, for reducing the search space in best-¯rst search. We apply this method to an A* algorithm that explores the space of active schedules for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with makespan minimization. We conducted an experimental study over conventional benchmarks. The results show that the proposed method is able to re- duce both the space and the time in searching for optimal schedules and that it outperforms other approach taken from the literature