Shahid Beheshti University Journal of Industrial Management Perspective 2251-9874 8 1 2018 05 22 Algorithm for Assembly Flowshops Algorithm for Assembly Flowshops 93 111 87181 FA Habib Reza Gholami PhD student, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin. Esmaeil Mehdizadeh Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin. Bahman Naderi Associate Professor, Kharazmi University. Journal Article 2019 09 19 Assembly flowshop with setup times is one of the newset production scheduling problems. In this problem, parts in the first stage that is a flow shop system are produced. Then, in the second stage, they are assembled. The objective is to sequence the parts production and assembly to minimize makespan. There is not an effective mathematical model for this problem. This paper first reviews the available model and then proposes a mixed integer linear programming model. To solve the model, it proposes two metaheuristics, imperialist competitive and genetic algorithms. Finally, the performance of the model and algorithms are evaluated, and the results show that imperialist competitive algorithm performs well. Assembly flowshop with setup times is one of the newset production scheduling problems. In this problem, parts in the first stage that is a flow shop system are produced. Then, in the second stage, they are assembled. The objective is to sequence the parts production and assembly to minimize makespan. There is not an effective mathematical model for this problem. This paper first reviews the available model and then proposes a mixed integer linear programming model. To solve the model, it proposes two metaheuristics, imperialist competitive and genetic algorithms. Finally, the performance of the model and algorithms are evaluated, and the results show that imperialist competitive algorithm performs well. https://jimp.sbu.ac.ir/article_87181_3a681b1a8b31649569cb6177dabe5ab0.pdf