An adaptive crossover genetic algorithm with simulated annealing for multi mode resource constrained project scheduling with discounted cash flows (Q2627653)

Summary: This paper presents an adaptive crossover genetic algorithm with simulated annealing metaheuristic procedure for solving a multimode resource-constrained project scheduling problem with discounted cash flows for minimising costs. To solve the problem, a genetic algorithm is proposed for the global search, and simulated annealing is used for the local search. Two crossover operators are employed. A mathematical model is developed for the problem. Detailed computational experiments are performed on a standard problem set with randomly generated resource costs to evaluate the performance of the proposed hybrid approach.