The job-shop scheduling problem is one of the most NP-Hard problems and has attracted many researchers to develop new algorithm based on heuristic or meta-heuristic approach. Many algorithms based on Genetic Algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization, Ant Colony Optimization have been proposed to solve it, respectively but the results are still not yet satisfactory. In this paper we proposed a new algorithm based on bees algorithm which is very good for discrete optimization problem; furthermore, the results are optimized with the famous tabu search for local search to improve the results. The robustness, efficiency, and effectiveness of this algorithm are examined using a set of benchmark instances and compared with existing algorithms. The results show that the proposed algorithm could obtain competitive results within reasonable computing times.

The job-shop scheduling problem is one of the most NP-Hard problems and has attracted many researchers to develop new algorithm based on heuristic or meta-heuristic approach. Many algorithms based on Genetic Algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization, Ant Colony Optimization have been proposed to solve it, respectively but the results are still not yet satisfactory. In this paper we proposed a new algorithm based on bees algorithm which is very good for discrete optimization problem; furthermore, the results are optimized with the famous tabu search for local search to improve the results. The robustness, efficiency, and effectiveness of this algorithm are examined using a set of benchmark instances and compared with existing algorithms. The results show that the proposed algorithm could obtain competitive results within reasonable computing times.

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