Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
Computer-aided decision for human task allocation with mono- and multi-performance evaluation
2005,
An efficient Binary Search-based approach used to determine the sets of human...
Aggregate production planning for a continuous reconfigurable manufacturing process
2005,
Most of the research on aggregate production planning has been focused on discrete...
Adaptive genetic algorithm for lot-sizing problem with self-adjustment operation rate
2005,
This paper presents a new adaptive genetic algorithm (GA) to escape local optimum...
Tabu search approach based on a similarity coefficient for cell formation in generalized group technology
2005,
Both a similarity coefficient method (SCM)-based algorithm and meta-heuristics have...
Application of genetic algorithms in production and operations management: a review
2005,
Over the last decade, there has been a rapid growth of the use of genetic algorithms...
Single-point stochastic search algorithms for the multi-level lot-sizing problem
2005,
Among the most common decisions in manufacturing and distribution companies are...
An efficient heuristic for series–parallel redundant reliability problems
2005,
This paper presents a novel algorithm for solving a series–parallel redundancy...
Recent results on resource-constrained project scheduling with time windows: Models, solution methods, and applications
2002,
This paper surveys recent results on deterministic project scheduling with general...
Scheduling multiprocessor tasks in presence of correlated failures
2003,
The paper deals with scheduling multiple processor (m-p) tasks on multiple processors...
The capacitated lot-sizing and scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup costs and setup times
2005,
We consider the single machine module capacitated lot-sizing and scheduling problem...
Scheduling two-machine no-wait open shops to minimize makespan
2005,
This paper examines the problem of scheduling two-machine no-wait open shops to...
Comparison of heuristics for flowtime minimisation in permutation flowshops
2005,
In this paper, we address the problem of sequencing jobs in a permutation flow shop...
Beam-ACO – hybridizing ant colony optimization with beam search: an application to open shop scheduling
2005,
Ant colony optimization (ACO) is a metaheuristic approach to tackle hard combinatorial...
Earliness–tardiness scheduling with setup considerations
2005,
The one-machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times and costs and...
Parallel machine selection and job scheduling to minimize machine cost and job tardiness
2005,
This paper discussed the problem of simultaneously selecting and scheduling parallel...
Some local search algorithms for no-wait flow-shop problem with makespan criterion
2005,
This paper develops and compares different local search algorithms for the no-wait...
An algorithm for insertion of idle time in the single-machine scheduling problem with convex cost functions
2005,
This paper addresses the problem of optimally inserting idle time into a...
Heuristic methods for the identical parallel machine flowtime problem with set-up times
2005,
We consider the scheduling of N jobs divided into G families for processing on M...
A new approach to job shop scheduling problems with due date constraints considering operation subcontracts
2005,
We consider a kind of job shop scheduling problems with due-date constraints, where...
No-wait flexible flowshop scheduling with no-idle machines
2005,
This paper considers a two-stage flexible flowshop scheduling problem with no waiting...
Maximizing service of carousel storage
2005,
Jacobs et al . considered the problem on maximizing service of carousel storage and...
A two-dimensional vector packing model for the efficient use of coil cassettes
2005,
We consider the problem of efficiently packing steel products, known as coils, into...
Reformulation descent applied to circle packing problems
2005,
Several years ago classical Euclidean geometry problems of densest packing of circles...
A threshold accepting metaheuristic for the vehicle routing problem with time windows
2003,
Threshold Accepting, a variant of Simulated Annealing, is applied for the first time...
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