Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
Partitioning a street network into compact, balanced, and visually appealing routes
2017,
In practice, it is often desirable for the routes of vehicles to be compact and...
Methodology to select solutions for multiobjective optimization problems: Weighted stress function method
2017,
The weighted stress function method is proposed here as a new way of identifying the...
Mixed-Integer Rounding Enhanced Benders Decomposition for Multiclass Service-System Staffing and Scheduling with Arrival Rate Uncertainty
2017,
We study server scheduling in multiclass service systems under uncertainty in the...
Redesigning Benders Decomposition for Large-Scale Facility Location
2017,
The uncapacitated facility location (UFL) problem is one of the most famous and most...
Regularized decomposition of large scale block-structured robust optimization problems
2017,
We consider a general robust block‐structured optimization problem, coming from...
ARGONAUT: AlgoRithms for Global Optimization of coNstrAined grey-box compUTational problems
2017,
The algorithmic framework ARGONAUT is presented for the global optimization of general...
Vehicle routing strategies for pick-up and delivery service under two dimensional loading constraints
2017,
This work compares the transportation costs incurred by three alternative strategies...
Macroscopic traffic flow model calibration using different optimization algorithms
2017,
This study tests and compares different optimization algorithms employed for the...
A study on decision making of cutting stock with frustum of cone bars
2017,
This paper considers the cutting stock problem with frustum of cone bars. A multiple...
Hybrid metaheuristic approaches for the single machine total stepwise tardiness problem with release dates
2017,
This paper presents two hybrid metaheuristic approaches, viz. a hybrid genetic...
Equity based congestion pricing: considering the constraint of alternative path
2017,
Congestion pricing is considered as an effective measure to ease urban traffic...
A parameter identification method for natural gas supply systems under unsteady gas flow
2017,
We consider the identification problem for the technical parameters, i.e., hydraulic...
Dual form reduction in the atomic optimization method
2017,
One‐dimensional optimization problems with a polynomial objective function and...
Does inducing choice procedures make individuals better off? An experimental study
2017,
Over the years the psychological and economic literature on multi‐attribute...
Approaches for finding cohesive subgroups in large-scale social networks via maximum k-plex detection
2017,
A k‐plex is a clique relaxation introduced in social network analysis to model...
Two extended formulations for cardinality maximum flow network interdiction problem
2017,
We consider the maximum flow network interdiction problem in its cardinality case....
Single-commodity stochastic network design under demand and topological uncertainties with insufficient data
2017,
Stochastic network design is fundamental to transportation and logistic problems in...
A Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for the Knapsack Problem with Conflict Graph
2017,
We study the knapsack problem with conflict graph (KPCG), an extension of the...
Robust Dynamic Estimation
2017,
Managing marketing resources over time requires dynamic model estimation, which...
Tailored Benders Decomposition for a Long-Term Power Expansion Model with Short-Term Demand Response
2017,
We present a long‐term power generation expansion planning model that features...
A nonlinear model for location-allocation-routing problem in transportation network with intelligent travel times
2017,
We provide a mixed‐integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model for a...
Design and analysis of a hybrid appointment system for patient scheduling: an optimisation approach
2017,
This paper proposes a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model for a...
A method to solve separable fuzzy nonlinear programming problem
2017,
This paper formulates piecewise fuzzy linear approximation of fuzzy nonlinear function...
A Branch Decomposition Algorithm for the p-Median Problem
2017,
In this paper, we use a branch decomposition technique to improve approximations to...
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