@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14929, title = {Simulation Modeling of Manufacturing Systems for the Serial Route and the Parallel One}, author = {Tadeusz Witkowski and Paweł Antczak and Arkadiusz Antczak}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {In the paper we discuss the influence of the route flexibility degree, the open rate of operations and the production type coefficient on makespan. The flexible job-open shop scheduling problem FJOSP (an extension of the classical job shop scheduling) is analyzed. For the analysis of the production process we used a hybrid heuristic of the GRASP (greedy randomized adaptive search procedure) with simulated annealing algorithm. Experiments with different levels of factors have been considered and compared. The GRASP+SA algorithm has been tested and illustrated with results for the serial route and the parallel one.}, journal = {International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, pages = {217 - 222}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14929}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/49}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 49, 2011}, }