Research Article

Simplifying Multiproject Scheduling Problem Based on Design Structure Matrix and Its Solution by an Improved aiNet Algorithm

Table 2

New meaning of the terms in general aiNet-searching method.

General aiNet modelThe opt-aiNet optimization for MRCMPSP

Network cellCandidate scheduling scheme
FitnessThe makespan of multi-projects
AffinityEuclidean distance between the parametric vectors of two candidate scheduling schemes
CloneCandidate scheduling scheme with the same parameters