Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
Models and tabu search heuristics for the berth-allocation problem
2005,
In the Berth-Allocation Problem (BAP) the aim is to optimally schedule and assign...
Mathematical programming based heuristics for improving LP-generated classifiers for the multiclass supervised classification problem
2006,
Mathematical programming is used as a nonparametric approach to supervised...
Nonessential objectives within network approaches for MCDM
2006,
In Gal and Hanne (1999) the problem of using several methods to solve a multiple...
Bi-criteria process routing based on COMSOAL approach
2005,
This paper investigates the application of the computer method COMSOAL (Computer...
Novel weight approach for interval numbers comparison matrix in the analytic hierarchy process
2005,
New consistency definitions and weight approach deriving from the interval numbers...
A scatter search for the periodic capacitated arc routing problem
2006,
This paper considers the Periodic Capacitated Arc Routing Problem (PCARP), a natural...
A partheno-genetic algorithm for solving the degree-constrained minimum spanning tree problem
2005,
In this paper, a partheno-genetic algorithm for solving the degree-constrained minimum...
A path relinking approach with ejection chains for the generalized assignment problem
2006,
The generalized assignment problem is a classical combinatorial optimization problem...
An ejection chain approach for the generalized assignment problem
2004,
We propose a tabu search algorithm for the generalized assignment problem, which is...
A heuristic genetic algorithm for solving complex safety-based work assignment problems
2005,
This paper presents a heuristic genetic algorithm (GA) for finding the work...
Methodological and empirical issues in market segmentation: A comparison of the formal and the bio-mimetic methods
2000,
A bio-mimetic approach of multiple goal problem solving is proposed. The approach...
Sensitivity analysis of a greedy heuristic for knapsack problems
2006,
In this paper, we carry out parametric analysis as well as a tolerance limit based...
‘MOSS’ multiobjective scatter search applied to non-linear multiple criteria optimization
2006,
This paper introduces a multiple criteria scatter search to deal with bounded...
Union search: a new meta-heurisic algorithm to the Traveling Salesman Problem
2005,
The traveling salesman problem (TSP) is one of the classic NP-hard combinatorial...
New immune genetic algorithm and its application on Travelling Salesman Problem
2005,
Based on biological immunology, a new immune genetic algorithm (IGA) is presented,...
A scatter search heuristic for the capacitated clustering problem
2006,
This paper proposes a scatter search-based heuristic approach to the capacitated...
Joint statistical design of double sampling &Xmacr; and s charts
2006,
In statistical quality control, usually the mean and variance of a manufacturing...
A general heuristic for production planning problems
2004,
We consider production planning problems with the restriction that all integer...
A hybrid meta-heuristic for the batching problem in just-in-time flow shops
2006,
This paper is concerned with a batching problem encountered in the context of...
Forward recursive scheme with improved marginal analysis heuristic for machine expansion scheduling in a new job shop
2006,
This study attempts to develop a method of machine expansion scheduling which...
Block approach–tabu search algorithm for single machine total weighted tardiness problem
2006,
Problem of scheduling on a single machine to minimize total weighted tardiness of jobs...
Applying machine based decomposition in 2-machine flow shops
2006,
The shifting bottleneck (SB) heuristic is among the most successful approximation...
A heuristic for minimizing the expected makespan in two-machine flow shops with consistent coefficients of variation
2006,
The paper deals with the classical problem of minimizing the makespan in a two-machine...
Johnson's problem with stochastic processing times and optimal service level
2006,
Theoretical results about Johnson's problem with stochastic processing times are few....
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