An Improved Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm for Sheet Cutting Scheduling with Process Constraints

Table 3

The comparison of different algorithms.

Optimization method	Optimum solution	Average value (20)	Iterative times
ACO	38063	38063	200
HGA	31063	31078	200
AC-HGA	30510	30537	200
ZHOU-HGA [25]	31198	32007	200