Keyword: combinatorial optimization

Found 3184 papers in total
Minimizing total tardiness on parallel machines with preemptions
2012,
The basic scheduling problem we are dealing with in this paper is the following one. A...
Using aggregation to construct periodic policies for routing jobs to parallel servers with deterministic service times
2012,
The problem of routing deterministic arriving jobs to parallel servers with...
Single‐machine scheduling with advanced process control constraints
2012,
With increasing worldwide competition, high technology manufacturing companies have to...
Windows scheduling of arbitrary‐length jobs on multiple machines
2012,
The generalized windows scheduling problem for n jobs on multiple machines is defined...
Single machine scheduling with small operator‐non‐availability periods
2012,
For an industrial application in the chemical industry, we were confronted with the...
The optimal process mean problem: Integrating predictability and profitability into an experimental factor space
2012,
For complex manufacturing systems, process or product optimization can be instrumental...
Heuristics for scheduling problems with an unavailability constraint and position‐dependent processing times
2012,
We study a single machine scheduling problem, where the machine is unavailable for...
A bi‐population based estimation of distribution algorithm for the flexible job‐shop scheduling problem
2012,
In this paper, an effective bi‐population based estimation of distribution...
An efficient hybrid genetic algorithm to solve assembly line balancing problem with sequence‐dependent setup times
2012,
In this paper the setup assembly line balancing and scheduling problem (SUALBSP) is...
A GES/TS algorithm for the job shop scheduling
2012,
The job shop scheduling problem is a difficult combinatorial optimization problem....
Multi‐product economic lot scheduling problem with manufacturing and remanufacturing using a basic period policy
2012,
In this research we study the multi‐product Economic Lot Scheduling Problem...
A two‐step method for forecasting spare parts demand using information on component repairs
2012,
Forecasting spare parts demand is notoriously difficult, as demand is typically...
Single‐commodity network design with random edge capacities
2012,
This paper examines the single‐commodity network design problem with stochastic...
The single vehicle routing problem with toll‐by‐weight scheme: A branch‐and‐bound approach
2012,
Expressways in China make use of the toll‐by‐weight scheme, in which...
A rolling horizon approach for disruption management of railway rolling stock
2012,
This paper deals with real‐time disruption management of rolling stock in...
Approximate nucleolus‐based revenue sharing in airline alliances
2012,
Alliances allow the airlines to extend their networks and increase the number of...
The close–open mixed vehicle routing problem
2012,
We consider the Close–Open Mixed Vehicle Routing Problem (COMVRP) in this paper....
Coordination mechanisms for parallel machine scheduling
2012,
We consider coordination mechanisms for the distributed scheduling of n jobs on m...
Interactive multiobjective optimization approach to the input–output design of opening new branches
2012,
We demonstrate a real‐world application of the interactive multiple objective...
Agricultural planning of annual plants under demand, maturation, harvest, and yield risk
2012,
In this study we present a planning methodology for a firm whose objective is to match...
Heuristics for the multi‐depot petrol station replenishment problem with time windows
2012,
In the multi‐depot petrol station replenishment problem with time windows...
Pooling through lateral transshipments in service parts systems
2012,
We study the inventory management problem of a service center operating in a...
Incorporating transfer reliability into equilibrium analysis of railway passenger flow
2012,
Passenger’s transfer route choice behavior is one of the prominent research...
The parallel machine scheduling problem with variable demand and a pre‐defined lot size
2012,
In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling multiple product types in...
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