Burke Edmund K

Edmund K Burke

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Found 14 papers in total
An Adaptive Flex-Deluge Approach to University Exam Timetabling
2016
This paper presents a new methodology for university exam timetabling problems, which...
Modelling and solving generalised operational surgery scheduling problems
2016
The term 'surgery scheduling' is used to describe a variety of strategic, tactical and...
On parallel local search for permutations
2015
We investigate some ways in which massively parallel computing devices can be...
Effective learning hyper-heuristics for the course timetabling problem
2014
Course timetabling is an important and recurring administrative activity in most...
A Time Predefined Variable Depth Search for Nurse Rostering
2013
This paper presents a variable depth search for the nurse rostering problem. The...
Hyper‐heuristics: a survey of the state of the art
2013
Hyper‐heuristics comprise a set of approaches that are motivated (at least in...
The falling tide algorithm: A new multi‐objective approach for complex workforce scheduling
2012
We present a hybrid approach of goal programming and meta‐heuristic search to...
A Parallel Branch‐and‐Bound Approach to the Rectangular Guillotine Strip Cutting Problem
2011
This paper presents a parallel branch‐and‐bound method to address the...
The simplified partial digest problem: Approximation and a graph-theoretic model
2011
The goal of the simplified partial digest problem (SPDP) is motivated by the...
University space planning and space-type profiles
2010
Universities planning the provision of space for their teaching requirements need to...
A supernodal formulation of vertex colouring with applications in course timetabling
2010
For many problems in scheduling and timetabling, the choice of a mathematical...
A shift sequence based approach for nurse scheduling and a new benchmark dataset
2010
This paper investigates an adaptive constructive method for solving nurse rostering...
Setting the research agenda in automated timetabling: The Second International Timetabling Competition
2010
The Second International Timetabling Competition (TTC2007) opened in August 2007....
Asynchronous cooperative local search for the office-space-allocation problem
2007
We investigate cooperative local search to improve upon known results of the...
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