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Found 17295 papers in total
Mesh refinement in direct transcription methods for optimal control
1998,
The direct transcription method for solving optimal control problems involves the use...
Guaranteed-cost stabilization of non-linear stochastic systems
1998,
The control of uncertain non-linear discrete-time systems having stochastic...
Vector maxima for infinite-horizon stationary Markov decision processes
1998,
In this paper we extend some existing theoretical work on vector-maximal pure Markov...
On the general utility of discounted Markov decision processes
1998,
We will discuss an expected utility of rewards which are generated by Markov decision...
Approximate shortest paths and geodesic diameter on a convex polytope in three dimensions
1999,
Given a convex polytope P with n edges in ℝ 3 , we present a relatively simple...
Objective satisfaction assessment using neural nets for balancing multiple objectives
1998,
In today's production systems, improving the use of the manufacturing resources and...
Mathematical model and solution method of optimization problem of placement of rectangles and circles taking into account special constraints
1998,
A mathematical model of the problem is constructed. A feasible region and...
Parallel algorithms for large-scale nonlinear optimization
1998,
Multi-step, multi-directional parallel variable metric (PVM) methods for unconstrained...
A heuristic for the traveling salesman problem based on a continuous approximation
1999,
A procedure for solving, suboptimally, the traveling salesman problem is presented....
Production sequencing problem with re-entrant work flows and sequence dependent setup times
1998,
This paper addresses a shop scheduling problem where a set of n jobs needs to be...
Minimizing tardy jobs in a two-stage hybrid flowshop
1998,
We consider the two-stage hybrid flowshop problem with the objective of minimizing the...
A genetic algorithm for scheduling job families on a single machine with arbitrary earliness/tardiness penalties and an unrestricted common due date
1998,
We propose and investigate a genetic algorithm for scheduling jobs about an...
A note on scheduling jobs with missing operations in permutation flow shops
1998,
Flowshop scheduling problems are usually handled as permutation flowshops because of...
Family-based scheduling of shops with functional layouts
1998,
Simulation studies of job shop scheduling have typically assumed that either setup...
Heuristics for generalized shop scheduling problems based on decomposition
1998,
In this paper we consider generalized shop scheduling problems, where arbitrary...
A case study in a dual resource constrained job shop
1998,
In this paper we address a scheduling problem encountered in a manufacturing company...
A genetic algorithm based procedure for more realistic job shop scheduling problems
1998,
This work presents a robust procedure to solve job shop scheduling problems with large...
Analysis of storage assignment policies in less than unit load warehousing systems
1998,
Analytical models for the analysis of item location policies in unit load storage and...
On galleries with no bad points
1999,
For any k we construct a simply connected compact set (art gallery) in ℝ 3 whose...
Exact solution of cutting stock problems using column generation and branch-and-bound
1998,
This paper describes an attempt to solve the one-dimensional cutting stock problem...
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