Agent-based simulation and optimization of hybrid flow shop considering multi-skilled workers and fatigue factors

In the past few decades, more and more studies have begun to consider the impact of human factors on manufacturing systems. This paper studies a hybrid flow shop scheduling problem considering multi-skilled workers and fatigue factors. An agent-based simulation system is established to cope with the uncertainties in the worker fatigue model. Furthermore, this paper proposes a novel simulation-based optimization (SBO) framework, which combines …