An Improved Scheduling Approach for Minimizing Total Energy Consumption and Makespan in a Flexible Job Shop Environment

Nowadays, manufacturing industry is under increasing pressure to save energy and reduce emissions, and thereby enhancing the energy efficiency of the machining system (MS) through operational methods on the system-level has attracted more attention. Energy-efficient scheduling (ES) has proved to be...

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Main Authors: Zhongwei Zhang, Lihui Wu, Tao Peng, Shun Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/179