Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
The hub location and routing problem
1995,
In this paper, we consider the hub location and routing problem in which the hub...
Flowshop sequencing with mean flowtime objective
1995,
This paper introduces a near-optimal heuristic based on sorting methods to minimize...
Assignment of tools to machines in a flexible manufacturing system
1995,
Subgradient optimization is employed to solve the problem of assigning tools to...
Heuristics for scheduling a single machine subject to unequal job release times
1995,
Solving realistic scheduling problems in a reasonable amount of computer time almost...
Exact and approximation algorithms for the operational fixed interval scheduling problem
1995,
The Operational Fixed Interval Scheduling Problem (OFISP) is characterized as the...
Heuristics for scheduling in flowshop with multiple objectives
1995,
Most of the heuristics for flowshop scheduling aim at minimizing makespan. However,...
Scheduling jobs within time windows on identical parallel machines: New model and algorithms
1995,
This article analyses the problem of scheduling non-preemptive jobs processed within...
An exact algorithm of orthogonal 2-D cutting problems using guillotine cuts
1995,
We consider the two-dimensional cutting problem which requires cutting a number of...
A heuristic model for reactive power planning on electric energy systems
1996,
An approach for solving reactive power planning problems is presented, which is based...
Network languages for concurrent multiagent systems
1997,
This paper reports new results in the development of Linguistic Geometry towards...
Algodesk: An experimental comparison of eight evolutionary heuristics applied to the Quadratic Assignment Problem
1995,
This work compares the effectiveness of eight evolutionary heuristic algorithms...
An algorithm for Quadratic Assignment Problems
1995,
Facility layout and location problems with stochastic congestion in the traffic...
Using degree of consensus in two-level fuzzy pattern recognition
1995,
A two-level fuzzy pattern recognition scheme is proposed which implements different...
A heuristic for the Steiner problem in graphs
1996,
In this paper, we present a heuristic for the Steiner problem in graphs along with...
Shortest paths without a map
1991,
We study several versions of the shortest-path problem when the map is not known in...
A new neuristic algorithm solving the linear ordering problem
1996,
The linear ordering problem is an NP ·hard combinatorial problem with a large...
Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for the facility layout problem: A survey
1997,
The facility layout problem (FLP) has many practical applications and is known to be...
The bottleneck generalized assignment problem
1995,
The min–max version of the generalized assignment problem is considered. We...
Procedures for solving a 1-dimensional cutting problem
1994,
The different varieties of a particular article for widespread consumption are...
Impact of product mix flexibility and allocation policies on technology
1997,
In this article we present two contrasting models: (i) a static allocation model (SAM)...
A column generation approach to job grouping for flexible manufacturing systems
1994,
A flexible manufacturing systems consists of a number of NC-machines, linked by...
A heuristic method for lot-sizing in multi-stage systems
1997,
This article considers the lot-sizing problem in multi-stage production settings with...
Scheduling parallel machines to minimize total weighted and unweighted tardiness
1997,
This article considers the problem of scheduling a set of n jobs on m parallel...
Decomposition methods for scheduling semiconductor testing facilities
1996,
We present decomposition procedures for scheduling semiconductor testing facilities....
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