Research Article

An Improved Discrete Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Flexible Flowshop Scheduling with Step Deteriorating Jobs and Sequence-Dependent Setup Times

Table 2

Orthogonal array and average objective value.

FactorAverage objective value
NumplimitCPMP

16030.20.27328.7
26050.50.57319.5
36080.80.87325.3
48030.50.87330.6
58050.80.27312.3
68080.20.57302.7
79030.80.57317.0
89050.20.87335.4
99080.50.27308.5

Q17324.57325.47322.37316.5
Q27315.27322.47319.57313.1
Q37320.37312.27318.37330.4