| Article ID: | iaor2000156 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 71 |
| End Page Number: | 78 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1999 |
| Journal: | Computers & Mathematics with Applications |
| Authors: | Mayer M.K. |
| Keywords: | optimization, artificial intelligence |
This paper presents a network parallel genetic algorithm for the one machine sequencing problem. It examines a parallel genetic algorithm in which processors exchange their best solution found at periodic intervals and the case when no exchange is performed. The network parallel genetic algorithm is executed on a cluster of IBM RS/6000 workstations using a master–slave approach. Performance to a serial genetic algorithm is reported.