Keyword: combinatorial optimization

Found 3184 papers in total
Solving the mobile mapping van problem: A hybrid metaheuristic for capacitated arc routing with soft time windows
2010,
Creating digital maps often requires driving around the streets in a so‐called...
A Memetic Algorithm with a large neighborhood crossover operator for the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem
2010,
The Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem (GTSP) is a generalization of the...
Multi‐objective optimization for inventory control in two‐level assembly systems under uncertainty of lead times
2010,
Supply planning for two‐level assembly systems under lead time uncertainties is...
A memetic algorithm for the multi‐compartment vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands
2010,
The multi‐compartment vehicle routing problem (MC‐VRP) consists of...
An effective memetic algorithm for the cumulative capacitated vehicle routing problem
2010,
The cumulative capacitated vehicle routing problem (CCVRP) is a transportation problem...
A GRASP×ELS approach for the capacitated location‐routing problem
2010,
This paper addresses the capacitated location‐routing problem (CLRP), raised by...
A tabu‐search algorithm for scheduling jobs with controllable processing times on a single machine to meet due‐dates
2010,
In many real‐world production systems, it is important to schedule jobs such...
Estimation‐based metaheuristics for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem
2010,
The probabilistic traveling salesman problem (PTSP) is a central problem in stochastic...
The Browne–Yechiali single‐machine sequence is optimal for flow‐shops
2010,
An optimal polynomial time solution for minimum makespan on a single machine with...
The multi‐shift vehicle routing problem with overtime
2010,
In this paper, we study a new variant of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) with time...
Team assignments and scheduling for the NCAA basketball tournament
2012,
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organizes a men's basketball...
A novel heuristic approach to determine compromise management for end‐of‐life electronic products
2012,
The European Union directive of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment for...
Multisourcing suppliers selection in service outsourcing
2012,
Multisourcing suppliers selection in service outsourcing involves selecting a supplier...
Optimizing vehicle routes in a bakery company allowing flexibility in delivery dates
2012,
The work addressed in this paper is motivated from a real problem proposed to the...
Job scheduling in virtual manufacturing cells with lot‐streaming strategy: a new mathematical model formulation and a genetic algorithm approach
2012,
This paper discusses the job scheduling problem in virtual manufacturing cells (VMCs)...
Supply chain model for a deteriorating product with time‐varying demand and production rate
2012,
The paper develops a two‐echelon supply chain model with a single‐buyer...
The equal allocation policy in open shop batch scheduling
2012,
We study the optimality of the very practical policy of equal allocation of jobs to...
Patient‐based pharmaceutical inventory management: a two‐stage inventory and production model for perishable products with Markovian demand
2012,
Drug shortages have increased over the past decade, tripling since 2006. Pharmacy...
Study of Multi‐Commodity Network Flow problem for the Patient Distribution System
2012,
The Patient Distribution System (PDS) is one of the urgent problems, similar...
A hybrid GRASP‐tabu search metaheuristic for a Four‐Layer Location‐Routing Problem
2012,
The location‐routing problem simultaneously considers location, allocation, and...
Supply Chain Finance enabled early pay: unlocking trapped value in B2B logistics
2012,
Recent breakthroughs in Business‐to‐Business (B2B) trade have...
An integrated single‐vendor single‐buyer targeting problem with time‐dependent process mean
2012,
The inventory/production decisions in single‐vendor single‐buyer...
A scenario generation‐based lower bounding approach for stochastic scheduling problems
2012,
In this paper, we investigate scenario generation methods to establish lower bounds on...
Reputation‐based winner determination problem for combinatorial transportation procurement auctions
2012,
This paper proposes a reputation‐based winner determination problem for...
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