Jacobs Larry W.

Larry W. Jacobs

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Found 13 papers in total
Optimal models for meal-break and start-time flexibility in continuous tour scheduling
Optimal models for meal-break and start-time flexibility in continuous tour scheduling
2000
This paper presents a compact integer-programming model for large-scale continuous...
Starting-time decisions in labor tour scheduling: An experimental analysis and case study
Starting-time decisions in labor tour scheduling: An experimental analysis and case study
2001
Many service organizations limit the number of daily planning periods in which...
Eliminating redundant columns in continuous tour scheduling problems
Eliminating redundant columns in continuous tour scheduling problems
1998
This paper presents a procedure for eliminating redundant columns in generalized...
A morphing procedure to supplement a simulated annealing heuristic for cost- and coverage-correlated set-covering problems
A morphing procedure to supplement a simulated annealing heuristic for cost- and coverage-correlated set-covering problems
1999
We report on the use of a morphing procedure in a simulated annealing (SA) heuristic...
Personnel tour scheduling when starting-time restrictions are present
Personnel tour scheduling when starting-time restrictions are present
1998
This paper presents an effective solution strategy for an important category of...
Improving personnel scheduling at airline stations
Improving personnel scheduling at airline stations
1995
Many service organizations encounter personnel tour-scheduling problems which focus on...
A morph-based simulated annealing heuristic for a modified bin-packing problem
A morph-based simulated annealing heuristic for a modified bin-packing problem
1997
This paper presents a local-search heuristic, based on the simulated annealing (SA)...
Cost analysis of alternative formulations for personnel scheduling in continuously operating organizations
Cost analysis of alternative formulations for personnel scheduling in continuously operating organizations
1995
Personnel-scheduling problems for continuously operating organizations have proven to...
Overlapping start-time bands in implicit tour scheduling
Overlapping start-time bands in implicit tour scheduling
1996
Many organizations face personnel scheduling decisions under conditions of variable...
The equivalence of general set-covering and implicit integer programming formulations for shift scheduling
The equivalence of general set-covering and implicit integer programming formulations for shift scheduling
1996
In a recent article the authors demonstrated that implicit optimal modeling for shift...
Note: A local-search heuristic for large set-covering problems
Note: A local-search heuristic for large set-covering problems
1995
In this note the authors describe a local-search heuristic (LSH) for large non-unicost...
A simulated annealing approach to the cyclic staff-scheduling problem
A simulated annealing approach to the cyclic staff-scheduling problem
1993
This article presents the application of a simulated annealing heuristic to an...
Implicit modeling of flexible break assignments in optimal shift scheduling
Implicit modeling of flexible break assignments in optimal shift scheduling
1990
The labor scheduling literature has demonstrated that the use of flexibility in...
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