Research Article

Minimizing the Makespan for a Two-Stage Three-Machine Assembly Flow Shop Problem with the Sum-of-Processing-Time Based Learning Effect

Table 3

The mean ranks of algorithms in Kruskal–Wallis test for small and large number of jobs.

AlgorithmSmall Big
Number of obs.Mean RankNumber of obs.Mean Rank

IGLS136115.143682.38
IGLS23680.963670.67
IGLS33680.393665.50
IGLS436115.643679.83
CSA3660.3836154.13

Total18090.5018090.50

Note that average scores were used for ties.