Keyword: combinatorial optimization

Found 3184 papers in total
The impact of batch retrievals on throughput performance of a carousel system serviced by a storage and retrieval machine
2013,
A carousel system is an example of an automated storage and retrieval system that is...
A new data structure of solution representation in hybrid ant colony optimization for large dynamic facility layout problems
2013,
A dynamic facility layout problem (DFLP) is concerned with finding a set of facility...
Service guarantee and optimal payout models
2013,
This paper evaluates both the optimal service level and optimal economic payout in...
An experimentally confirmed resource planning model of services under production function uncertainties
2013,
The way in which service firms transform inputs into outputs is typically uncertain or...
Resource management in software as a service using the knapsack problem model
2013,
This paper proposes a resource allocation model for ‘Software as a...
The value of dispatchability of CSP plants in the electricity systems of Morocco and Algeria
2012,
This paper examines the effects of an increased integration of concentrated solar...
Hybrid heuristics for planning job rotation schedules in assembly lines with heterogeneous workers
2013,
We investigate the problem of balancing assembly lines with heterogeneous workers...
Inventory planning and coordination in disaster relief efforts
2013,
This research proposes a stochastic programming model to determine how supplies should...
An improved model for supplier selection under capacity constraint and multiple criteria
2013,
Ghodsypour and O'Brien [2001. The total cost of logistics in supplier selection, under...
A tabu search approach for cell scheduling problem with makespan criterion
2013,
Scheduling problem in a cellular manufacturing system is treated as the group...
Appointment scheduling of outpatient surgical services in a multistage operating room department
2013,
This article addresses the appointment scheduling of outpatient surgeries in a...
Optimised asset replacement strategy in the presence of lead time uncertainty
2013,
This paper develops an optimal replacement strategy for capital intensive equipment...
Optimal flow-line conditions with worker variability
2013,
When classical scheduling theory is applied to task sequencing problems, human...
Flexible job shop scheduling with due window–a two-pheromone ant colony approach
2013,
Recently, the companies reduce the manufacturing costs and increase capacity...
Efficient heuristics for cost optimisation in multi stage supply chain network with a fixed transportation charge
2014,
This paper addresses multi stage supply chain network (MSCN) problem...
Modeling a cruise line revenue management problem
2014,
The success of cruise line revenue management at the company which is studied in this...
Integration of task abortion and security requirements in GA-based meta-heuristics for independent batch grid scheduling
2012,
Scheduling and resource allocation in large scale distributed environments, such as...
Task optimization based on CPU pipeline technique in a multicore system
2012,
Currently, the multicore system is prevalent in desktops, laptops or servers. The web...
On reliability analysis of a two-dependent-unit series system with a standby unit
2012,
In this paper we study a series system with two active components and a single cold...
The EOQ model ‐ A dynamical system
2012,
The paper deals with an inventory model to determine the retailer’s optimal...
Group scheduling with deteriorating jobs to minimize the total weighted number of late jobs
2012,
Deteriorating jobs scheduling has received tremendous attention in the past two...
A genetic algorithm for optimization of integrated scheduling of cranes, vehicles, and storage platforms at automated container terminals
2014,
A new genetic algorithm for the integrated scheduling of handling and storage...
Optimization analysis of an unreliable multi-server queue with a controllable repair policy
2014,
This article deals with an infinite‐capacity multi‐server queueing...
Patient scheduling with periodic deteriorating maintenance on single medical device
2014,
In this paper, we study a patient scheduling problem with periodic deteriorating...
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