Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
Dynamic pricing and inventory control for multiple products
2005,
A periodical multi–product pricing and inventory control problem with...
A parallel clustering technique for the vehicle routing problem with split deliveries and pickups
2008,
In this paper, a parallel clustering technique and route construction heuristic have...
A two-level simulated annealing algorithm for efficient dissemination of electronic content
2008,
This paper describes a two–level simulated annealing heuristic for the joint...
Hybrid Rollout Approaches for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem
2008,
In this paper, we focus on heuristic approaches for solving the deterministic job shop...
A transportation problem for empty vehicles in the forestry industry
2007,
In this article we study a problem of vehicle routing that arises in the forestry...
Worst case analysis of Max-Regret, Greedy and other heuristics for Multidimensional Assignment and Traveling Salesman Problems
2008,
Optimization heuristics are often compared with each other to determine which one...
Self-organizing maps in evolutionary approach for the traveling salesman problem and vehicle routing problem with time windows
2008,
The article presents the memetic SOM, an evolutionary algorithm embedding self...
Greedy heuristics with regret, with application to the cheapest insertion algorithm for the TSP
2008,
We consider greedy algorithms that allow partial regret. As an example we consider a...
A new modeling and solution approach for the set-partitioning problem
2008,
The set-partitioning problem (SPP) is widely known for both its application potential...
Scale-invariant clustering with minimum volume ellipsoids
2008,
This paper develops theory and algorithms concerning a new metric for clustering data....
A three-phase algorithm for the cell suppression problem in two-dimensional statistical tables
2008,
To obtain full cooperation from respondents, statistical offices must guarantee that...
The bidding selection and assignment problem with minimum quantity commitment
2008,
This paper studies the bidding selection and assignment problem with a novel...
Heuristics for automated knowledge source integration and service composition
2008,
The NP-hard component set identification problem is a combinatorial problem arising in...
The maximum return-on-investment plant location problem with market share
2008,
This paper examines the plant location problem under the objective of maximizing...
Complement to a comparative analysis of heuristics for the p-median problem
2008,
A recent comparison of evolutionary, neural network, and scatter search heuristics for...
Solution approaches to large shift scheduling problems
2008,
This paper considers large shift scheduling problems with different shift start times...
Multi-objective design optimization of reconfigurable machine tools: a modified fuzzy-Chebyshev programming approach
2008,
A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) is designed for rapid adjustment of...
A dynamic heuristic-based algorithm to part input sequencing in flexible manufacturing systems for mass customization capability
2007,
In the increasingly competitive global markets, enterprises face challenges in...
A simple metaheuristic approach to the simultaneous scheduling of machines and automated guided vehicles
2008,
In this paper we address the problem of simultaneous scheduling of machines and...
Solution methods for reliability optimization of a series system with component choices
2008,
Reliability has been considered as an important design measure in various industrial...
Efficient algorithms for machine scheduling problems with earliness and tardiness penalties
2008,
In this paper, we study the multi-machine scheduling problem with earliness and...
A two pass heuristic algorithm for scheduling ‘blocked out’ units in continuous process industry
2008,
This paper addresses the problem of scheduling cascaded ‘blocked out’...
A zero-inventory production and distribution problem with a fixed customer sequence
2008,
In this paper, we study the zero-inventory production and distribution problem with a...
A combinatorial particle swarm optimisation for solving permutation flowshop problems
2008,
The m -machine permutation flow shop problem PFSP with the objectives of minimizing...
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