Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
A global optimization framework for distributed antenna location in CDMA cellular networks
2017,
In this paper, we present a set of (exact and approximate) mathematical models and...
Scheduling with two competing agents to minimize total weighted earliness
2017,
We study a single machine scheduling problem with two competing agents and earliness...
Sequential testing in batches
2017,
We study a new extension of the Sequential Testing problem with a modified cost...
An integrated approach of data envelopment analysis and boosted generalized linear mixed models for efficiency assessment
2017,
Performance evaluation is an important part in the management of any...
Formulating and solving sustainable stochastic dynamic facility layout problem: a key to sustainable operations
2017,
Facility layout design, a NP hard problem, is associated with the arrangement of...
New subgradient extragradient methods for common solutions to equilibrium problems
2017,
In this paper, three parallel hybrid subgradient extragradient algorithms are proposed...
Further properties of the forward‐backward envelope with applications to difference-of-convex programming
2017,
In this paper, we further study the forward–backward envelope first introduced...
Forward‐backward quasi-Newton methods for nonsmooth optimization problems
2017,
The forward–backward splitting method (FBS) for minimizing a nonsmooth composite...
Batched bin packing revisited
2017,
We revisit the batched bin packing problem. In this model, items come in K consecutive...
Improved approaches to the exact solution of the machine covering problem
2017,
For the basic problem of scheduling a set of n independent jobs on a set of m...
A hybrid multi-objective immune algorithm for predictive and reactive scheduling
2017,
The high productivity of a production process has a major impact on the reduction of...
Scheduling jobs and maintenance activities subject to job-dependent machine deteriorations
2017,
This paper considers machine scheduling that integrates machine deterioration caused...
A variable neighborhood search algorithm to generate piano fingerings for polyphonic sheet music
2017,
A piano fingering indicates which finger should play each note in a piece. Such a...
On the generalized bin packing problem
2017,
The generalized bin packing problem (GBPP) is a novel packing problem arising in many...
Sequential variable neighborhood descent variants: an empirical study on the traveling salesman problem
2017,
In a single local search algorithm, several neighborhood structures are usually...
Generalized mixed integer and VNS heuristic approach to solving the multisize containers drayage problem
2017,
This paper addresses the problem of vehicle routing in drayage operations, where...
Comparison of metaheuristics for the k-labeled spanning forest problem
2017,
In this paper, we study the k‐labeled spanning forest (kLSF) problem in which...
An integration of mixed VND and VNS: the case of the multivehicle covering tour problem
2017,
The multivehicle covering tour problem (m‐CTP) is a transportation problem with...
A metaheuristic approach to fisheries survey route planning
2017,
Every autumn, a research vessel carries out a sampling survey tour to estimate the...
Surrogate-based methods for black-box optimization
2017,
In this paper, we survey methods that are currently used in black‐box...
Integrated Production, Inventory and Delivery Problems: Complexity and Algorithms
2017,
We consider several integrated production, inventory, and delivery problems that arise...
Queueing Models of Case Managers
2017,
Many service systems use case managers, servers who are assigned multiple customers...
Constructing New Weighted l
            1-Algorithms for the Sparsest Points of Polyhedral Sets
2017,
The 𝓁 0 ‐minimization problem that seeks the sparsest point of a...
Proper Efficiency and Tradeoffs in Multiple Criteria and Stochastic Optimization
2017,
The mathematical equivalence between linear scalarizations in multiobjective...
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