@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14166, title = {A Heuristic Algorithm Approach for Scheduling of Multi-criteria Unrelated Parallel Machines}, author = {Farhad Kolahan and Vahid Kayvanfar}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {In this paper we address a multi-objective scheduling problem for unrelated parallel machines. In unrelated parallel systems, the processing cost/time of a given job on different machines may vary. The objective of scheduling is to simultaneously determine the job-machine assignment and job sequencing on each machine. In such a way the total cost of the schedule is minimized. The cost function consists of three components, namely; machining cost, earliness/tardiness penalties and makespan related cost. Such scheduling problem is combinatorial in nature. Therefore, a Simulated Annealing approach is employed to provide good solutions within reasonable computational times. Computational results show that the proposed approach can efficiently solve such complicated problems. }, journal = {International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering}, volume = {3}, number = {11}, year = {2009}, pages = {1406 - 1409}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14166}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/35}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 35, 2009}, }