Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
Finding the efficient frontier of a bi-criteria, spatially explicit, harvest scheduling problem
Finding the efficient frontier of a bi-criteria, spatially explicit, harvest scheduling problem
2006,
This article evaluates the performance of five traditional methods and one new method...
Three mathematical models for bucking-to-order
Three mathematical models for bucking-to-order
2006,
The aim of this paper is to investigate different mathematical approaches to...
Scheduling forest road maintenance using the analytic hierarchy process and heuristics
Scheduling forest road maintenance using the analytic hierarchy process and heuristics
2006,
The management of low-volume roads has transitioned from focusing on maintenance...
A review of optimization techniques in metal cutting processes
A review of optimization techniques in metal cutting processes
2006,
In today's rapidly changing scenario in manufacturing industries, applications of...
An efficient, effective, and robust decoding heuristic for metaheuristics-based layout optimization
An efficient, effective, and robust decoding heuristic for metaheuristics-based layout optimization
2006,
This paper proposes a new effective and robust algorithm for solving the classic...
Models and complexity of multibin packing problems
Models and complexity of multibin packing problems
2006,
This paper extends the previous work on multibin packing problems and gives a deeper...
Design of Earth–Mars transfer trajectories using evolutionary-branching technique
Design of Earth–Mars transfer trajectories using evolutionary-branching technique
2005,
In this paper a novel global optimisation approach is used to search for potentially...
Strengthened 0–1 linear formulation for the daily satellite mission planning
Strengthened 0–1 linear formulation for the daily satellite mission planning
2006,
In this paper, we compare several 0–1 linear programs for solving the satellite...
Meta-heuristics for a class of demand-responsive transit systems
Meta-heuristics for a class of demand-responsive transit systems
2005,
The demand-adaptive systems studied in this paper attempt to offer demand-responsive...
The application and effectiveness of a multi-objective metaheuristic algorithm for partial classification
The application and effectiveness of a multi-objective metaheuristic algorithm for partial classification
2006,
In this paper, we present an application of multi-objective metaheuristics to the...
Lower bounds for the relative greedy algorithm for approximating Steiner trees
Lower bounds for the relative greedy algorithm for approximating Steiner trees
2006,
The Steiner tree problem is to find a shortest subgraph that spans a given set of...
Simultaneous generalized hill-climbing algorithms for addressing sets of discrete optimization problems
Simultaneous generalized hill-climbing algorithms for addressing sets of discrete optimization problems
2005,
This paper introduces simultaneous generalized hill-climbing (SGHC) algorithms as a...
Heuristic lot size scheduling on unrelated parallel machines with applications in the textile industry
Heuristic lot size scheduling on unrelated parallel machines with applications in the textile industry
2006,
In this paper, we present an industrial problem found in a company that produces...
Distributed delay constrained multicast routing algorithm with efficient fault recovery
Distributed delay constrained multicast routing algorithm with efficient fault recovery
2006,
Existing distributed delay constrained multicast routing algorithms construct a...
ATM network design for corporate networks
ATM network design for corporate networks
2006,
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks play an important role in support of...
Upgrading arcs to minimize the maximum travel time in a network
Upgrading arcs to minimize the maximum travel time in a network
2006,
In transportation and telecommunication systems, the performance of the underlying...
Solving the generalized assignment problem: An optimizing and heuristic approach
Solving the generalized assignment problem: An optimizing and heuristic approach
2003,
The classical generalized assignment problem (GAP) may be stated as finding a...
GRASP with path relinking for three-index assignment
GRASP with path relinking for three-index assignment
2005,
This paper proposes and tests variants of GRASP (greedy randomized adaptive search...
Pricing in a vendor managed inventory system
Pricing in a vendor managed inventory system
2006,
The turnover and profit of an organisation depend on the price and demand of its...
A local-search-based heuristic for the demand-constrained multidimensional knapsack problem
A local-search-based heuristic for the demand-constrained multidimensional knapsack problem
2005,
We consider an extension of the 0–1 multidimensional knapsack problem in which...
A heuristic procedure for the two-level control of serial supply chains under fuzzy customer demand
A heuristic procedure for the two-level control of serial supply chains under fuzzy customer demand
2006,
This paper presents a new hierarchical, two-level approach to inventory management and...
A heuristic solution procedure for an integrated inventory system under controllable lead-time with equal or unequal sized batch shipments between a vendor and a buyer
A heuristic solution procedure for an integrated inventory system under controllable lead-time with equal or unequal sized batch shipments between a vendor and a buyer
2006,
This paper develops a heuristic solution procedure to minimize the total cost of setup...
A set-covering-based heuristic approach for bin-packing problems
A set-covering-based heuristic approach for bin-packing problems
2006,
Several combinatorial optimization problems can be formulated as large set-covering...
The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms
The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms
2006,
In this paper we are concerned with finding the Pareto optimal front or a good...
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