An effective hybrid meta-heuristic for flexible flow shop scheduling with limited buffers and step-deteriorating jobs

Qianqian Zheng, Yu Zhang, Hongwei Tian, Lijun He

Abstract: Highlights•A bi-objective flexible flow shop scheduling problem is studied.•Limited buffers and step-deteriorating jobs are considered.•A new mathematical model is formulated for the problem.•An effective hybrid meta-heuristic is developed.•Results confirm the efficiency of the proposed hybrid meta-heuristic.