Research Article

Solutions to No-Wait Flow Shop Scheduling Problem Using the Flower Pollination Algorithm Based on the Hormone Modulation Mechanism

Table 7

The HMM-PFA statistical result to solve 120 Taillard’s benchmark instances.

InstanceOptBRDARDInstanceOptBRDARD

20 × 5Ta0011486000.016100 × 5Ta06163610.571.0725.557
Ta0021528000.017Ta06262120.901.1326.021
Ta0031460000.016Ta06361040.480.8725.998
Ta0041588000.016Ta06459990.931.5026.59
Ta0051449000.017Ta06561790.440.8225.709
Ta0061481000.016Ta06660560.180.7626.054
Ta0071483000.016Ta06762210.371.2126.121
Ta0081482000.016Ta06861091.341.9925.993
Ta0091469000.016Ta06963550.901.3425.578
Ta0101377000.015Ta07063650.060.6126.121

20 × 10Ta0112044000.021100 × 10Ta07180550.620.8147.664
Ta0122166000.02Ta07278530.451.8850.001
Ta0131940000.02Ta07380160.410.9549.654
Ta0141811000.021Ta07483280.410.7549.721
Ta0151933000.022Ta07579360.380.9348.332
Ta0161892000.021Ta07677730.680.8649.024
Ta0171963000.021Ta07778460.430.7547.238
Ta0182057000.021Ta07878800.561.1547.967
Ta0191973000.022Ta07981310.300.8548.054
Ta0202051000.021Ta08080920.460.7447.937

20 × 20Ta0212973000.025100 × 20Ta08110,6750.090.2175.345
Ta0222852000.026Ta08210,5620.941.3272.49
Ta0233013000.026Ta08310,5870.730.8970.376
Ta0243001000.026Ta08410,5880.300.6373.298
Ta0253003000.025Ta08510,5060.100.4271.439
Ta0262998000.025Ta08610,6230.570.7676.296
Ta0273052000.027Ta08710,7930.290.5374.387
Ta0282839000.027Ta08810,8010.450.9172.363
Ta0293009000.027Ta08910,7030.140.5375.832
Ta0302979000.026Ta09010,7470.470.7373.901

50 × 5Ta03131600.280.360.892200 × 10Ta09115,2251.221.48159.072
Ta03234320.260.530.902Ta09214,9900.750.95165.921
Ta03332100.090.270.912Ta09315,2571.071.40162.209
Ta03433380.300.500.89Ta09415,1030.700.89167.011
Ta03533560.600.720.89Ta09515,0881.471.79158.001
Ta03633460.000.040.914Ta09614,9761.651.85159.928
Ta03732310.090.290.911Ta09715,2771.071.23163.785
Ta03832350.120.170.799Ta09815,1331.371.62164.902
Ta03930700.330.520.85Ta09914,9851.771.98158.397
Ta04033170.150.260.922Ta10015,2131.571.75165.299

50 × 10Ta04142740.000.041.568200 × 20Ta10119,5310.650.77220.632
Ta04241770.050.211.57Ta10219,9421.441.79217.997
Ta04340990.000.091.587Ta10319,7591.161.31218.318
Ta04443990.050.141.563Ta10419,7591.221.66225.638
Ta04543220.050.371.569Ta10519,6970.901.05237.689
Ta04642890.020.181.601Ta10619,8260.941.31209.396
Ta04744200.000.131.602Ta10719,9460.871.63217.332
Ta04843180.070.111.59Ta10819,8721.371.62219.744
Ta04941550.000.151.584Ta10919,7841.081.20216.655
Ta05042830.160.371.601Ta11019,7680.801.23228.738

50 × 20Ta05161290.000.112.195500 × 20Ta11146,1211.962.20873.905
Ta05257250.000.182.221Ta11246,6271.651.69878.009
Ta05358620.000.152.199Ta11346,0132.122.54890.675
Ta05457880.240.422.198Ta11446,3961.521.65897.432
Ta05558860.001.772.205Ta11546,2512.072.33870.002
Ta05658630.120.202.208Ta11646,4902.172.45896.329
Ta05759620.120.252.197Ta11746,0431.962.15869.428
Ta05859260.020.202.199Ta11846,3681.631.80877.917
Ta05958760.000.222.195Ta11946,2403.763.92879.013
Ta06059570.030.222.199Ta12046,2922.182.36898.953