Keyword: combinatorial optimization

Found 3184 papers in total
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Transhipment Facilities
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Transhipment Facilities
2017,
This paper proposes an exact method for solving an optimization problem arising in...
Truck Scheduling in the Postal Service Industry
Truck Scheduling in the Postal Service Industry
2017,
The distribution networks of the postal service industry are organized according to...
A dynamic ambulance management model for rural areas
A dynamic ambulance management model for rural areas
2017,
We study the Dynamic Ambulance Management (DAM) problem in which one tries to retain...
Stochastic multi-objective auto-optimization for resource allocation decision-making in fixed-input health systems
Stochastic multi-objective auto-optimization for resource allocation decision-making in fixed-input health systems
2017,
The management of hospitals within fixed‐input health systems such as the U.S....
Optimizing nurse capacity in a teaching hospital neonatal intensive care unit
Optimizing nurse capacity in a teaching hospital neonatal intensive care unit
2017,
Patients in intensive care units need special attention. Therefore, nurses are one of...
Scatter search for minimizing weighted tardiness in a single machine scheduling with setups
Scatter search for minimizing weighted tardiness in a single machine scheduling with setups
2017,
Single machine scheduling problems have many real‐life applications and may be...
A variable neighborhood search for the network design problem with relays
A variable neighborhood search for the network design problem with relays
2017,
Given a set of commodities to be routed over a network, the network design problem...
Locating facilities in a competitive environment
Locating facilities in a competitive environment
2017,
The research work dealing with the bi‐level formulation of location problems is...
A technique based on trade-off maps to visualise and analyse relationships between objectives in optimisation problems
A technique based on trade-off maps to visualise and analyse relationships between objectives in optimisation problems
2017,
Understanding the relationships between objectives in a multiobjective optimisation...
Easy to say they are Hard, but Hard to see they are Easy– Towards a Categorization of Tractable Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization Problems
Easy to say they are Hard, but Hard to see they are Easy– Towards a Categorization of Tractable Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization Problems
2017,
Multiobjective combinatorial optimization problems are known to be hard problems for...
Output-sensitive complexity of multiobjective combinatorial optimization
Output-sensitive complexity of multiobjective combinatorial optimization
2017,
We study output‐sensitive algorithms and complexity for multiobjective...
A genetic algorithm-based approach for unbalanced assignment problem in interval environment
A genetic algorithm-based approach for unbalanced assignment problem in interval environment
2017,
The goal of this paper is to propose an approach based on genetic algorithm for...
A hybrid DEA-based K-means and shuffled frog-leaping algorithm for maintenance selection
A hybrid DEA-based K-means and shuffled frog-leaping algorithm for maintenance selection
2017,
One of the main topics in repair and maintenance management lies is a matter of...
A fuzzy logic-based approach for multistage flowshop scheduling with arbitrary lags and transportation time
A fuzzy logic-based approach for multistage flowshop scheduling with arbitrary lags and transportation time
2017,
The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of arbitrary lags in n‐jobs,...
Bi-criteria multistage flow shop scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times
Bi-criteria multistage flow shop scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times
2017,
Flow shop scheduling with sequence‐dependent setup time is the most complicated...
Multisourcing Supply Network Design: Two-Stage Chance-Constrained Model, Tractable Approximations, and Computational Results
Multisourcing Supply Network Design: Two-Stage Chance-Constrained Model, Tractable Approximations, and Computational Results
2017,
In this paper, we study a multisourcing supply network design problem, in which each...
The Secretary Problem with a Selection Committee: Do Conformist Committees Hire Better Secretaries?
The Secretary Problem with a Selection Committee: Do Conformist Committees Hire Better Secretaries?
2017,
This paper analyzes a variation of the secretary problem in which two selectors with...
Agility and Proximity Considerations in Supply Chain Design
Agility and Proximity Considerations in Supply Chain Design
2017,
Strategic supply chain design decisions are critical to the long‐term success...
Past the Point of Speeding Up: The Negative Effects of Workload Saturation on Efficiency and Patient Severity
Past the Point of Speeding Up: The Negative Effects of Workload Saturation on Efficiency and Patient Severity
2017,
Service organizations face a trade‐off between high utilization and...
Optimal Strategies for Traditional versus Roth IRA/401(k) Consumption During Retirement
Optimal Strategies for Traditional versus Roth IRA/401(k) Consumption During Retirement
2017,
We establish an algorithm that produces an optimal strategy for retirees to withdraw...
Closed-Form Solutions for Robust Inventory Management
Closed-Form Solutions for Robust Inventory Management
2017,
We propose and analyze robust optimization models of an inventory management problem,...
Service Region Design for Urban Electric Vehicle Sharing Systems
Service Region Design for Urban Electric Vehicle Sharing Systems
2017,
Emerging collaborative consumption business models have shown promise in terms of both...
The continuous grey pattern problem
The continuous grey pattern problem
2017,
A new location problem is formulated and solved. It is the continuous version of the...
Distress among disaster-affected populations: delay in relief provision
Distress among disaster-affected populations: delay in relief provision
2017,
Central to humanitarian logistics is the minimization of distress among impacted...
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