Patent ID: 11868931
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 6 wherein the genetic algorithm includes implementing one or more genetic operators on a selection of members, the genetic operators including one or more of:
selecting a sub-schedule from a member and swapping a pair of consecutive tasks;
adding a task to a sub-schedule of a member;
removing a task from a sub-schedule of a member;
cycling tasks from a sub-schedule of a member such that the sub-schedule starts at a different task in the sub-schedule;
selecting two sub-schedules from a member and for each, splitting the sub-schedules at a split-point to form start and end portions, and splicing the start portion of each sub-schedule to the end portion of the other sub-schedule; and
swapping sub-schedules between two agents for a member.