Research Article

An Enhanced Discrete Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm to Minimize the Total Flow Time in Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling with Limited Buffers

Table 6

Best known solution values for Taillard benchmark set with different buffer sizes.

InstanceBest known solution

 Ta0114056140331403314033
 Ta0215159151511515115151
 Ta0313407133011330113301
 Ta0415530154471544715447
 Ta0513529135291352913529
 Ta0613329131231312313123
 Ta0713606135481354813548
 Ta0813950139481394813948
 Ta0914325142951429514295
 Ta1013019129431294312943

 Ta1121035209552091120911
 Ta1222532224402244022440
 Ta1319865198331983319833
 Ta1418758187101871018710
 Ta1518810186411864118641
 Ta1619245192451924519245
 Ta1718470183631836318363
 Ta1820241202412024120241
 Ta1920352203302033020330
 Ta2021335213202132021320

 Ta2133623336233362333623
 Ta2231675315883158731587
 Ta2333920339203392033920
 Ta2431766316843166131661
 Ta2534557345573455734557
 Ta2632565325643256432564
 Ta2732922329223292232922
 Ta2832467324123241232412
 Ta2933621336003360033600
 Ta3032269322623226232262

 Ta3165265648386480364803
 Ta3268791681146809468124
 Ta3364066633656316263242
 Ta3469012683426836068316
 Ta3570093694346949869414
 Ta3667815668746700966851
 Ta3766936662716626166294
 Ta3865250645466442064388
 Ta3963528630186298163047
 Ta4069603689866900069025

 Ta4188433874078734587286
 Ta4284164831408308082960
 Ta4381658801598014779931
 Ta4487560866648654186678
 Ta4587650865438644886507

 Ta4687511866458670486742
 Ta4789819890808883189011
 Ta4887774871918682286727
 Ta4986629858538555585649
 Ta5089013881218799887998

 Ta51126856125850125844125860
 Ta52120213119284119270119333
 Ta53117415116483116653116459
 Ta54121742120969121044121033
 Ta55119708118777118379118437
 Ta56121573120638120783120870
 Ta57124122123072123018123018
 Ta58123429122677122593122576
 Ta59122997122090122130121872
 Ta60125277124436123954124101

 Ta61258193254676253887254083
 Ta62247898243949243357243460
 Ta63243080238802238732238589
 Ta64232350228779228394228200
 Ta65244990241513240868241247
 Ta66238391233936233432233461
 Ta67245320241630241148241078
 Ta68238380233080231720232039
 Ta69253553249418248647248701
 Ta70248872244979243684243754

 Ta71306450300524300289299083
 Ta72286565277464276113276321
 Ta73297709290564289191288965
 Ta74312607304039303602303495
 Ta75293860287153286124286086
 Ta76280880272115271496271055
 Ta77290803282987280778281097
 Ta78299396292674292305292774
 Ta79311321304320303358303697
 Ta80300817293468292546292351

 Ta81375319369698368500367140
 Ta82384108375688374152374583
 Ta83379817373071371560371677
 Ta84383871376066375079375180
 Ta85377848371292370517370279
 Ta86381872374943374127373316
 Ta87386723376675375686374992
 Ta88393530386499386371386411
 Ta89383910376687377024376929
 Ta90389725382285380606380599