Research Article

Mathematical Modeling and Discrete Firefly Algorithm to Optimize Scheduling Problem with Release Date, Sequence-Dependent Setup Time, and Periodic Maintenance

Table 4

Analysis of the significance of critical parameters.

SourceDFAdj SSAdj MSF-valueP-value

Model202.622920.131146389.560.001
 Blocks92.606430.289604860.260.001
 Linear70.012180.0017405.170.001
  Number of iterations10.000480.0004821.430.232
  Number of fireflies20.009730.00486414.450.001
  β20.001740.0008722.590.076
  γ20.000230.0001140.340.713
 2-way Interactions40.004310.0010783.200.013
  Number of firefliesγ40.004310.0010783.200.013
Error5190.174720.000337
Total5392.79765