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Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization With Python Codes for the Travelling Salesman Problem
This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the...
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Investigating a citrus fruit supply chain network considering CO2 emissions using meta-heuristic algorithms
According to the increasing carbon dioxide released through vehicles and the shortage of water resources, decision-makers decided to combine the...
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Robust scheduling in a two-machine re-entrant flow shop to minimise the value-at-risk of the makespan: branch-and-bound and heuristic algorithms based on Markovian activity networks and phase-type distributions
This paper addresses a two-machine re-entrant flow shop scheduling problem with stochastic processing times where each job is expected to require a...
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Mathematical models and heuristic algorithms for pallet building problems with practical constraints
In the pallet building problem, we aim at loading a given set of items into one or more pallets, by satisfying specific constraints and minimizing...
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N-list-enhanced heuristic for distributed three-stage assembly permutation flow shop scheduling
System-wide optimization of distributed manufacturing operations enables process improvement beyond the standalone and individual optimality norms....
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A depth-based heuristic to solve the multi-objective influence spread problem using particle swarm optimization
The influence spread in a social network is an iterative process that can take several steps. It begins with an activation seed and finishes when the...
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Worst-case analysis of heuristic approaches for the temporal bin packing problem with fire-ups
We consider the temporal bin packing problem with fire-ups (TBPP-FU), a branch of operations research recently introduced in multi-objective cloud...
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A sequential solution heuristic for continuous facility layout problems
We propose a novel heuristic approach, sequential solution method (SSM), for the efficient solution of Continuous Facility Layout Problems (CFLPs)....
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Matheuristics: using mathematics for heuristic design
Matheuristics are heuristic algorithms based on mathematical tools such as the ones provided by mathematical programming, that are structurally...
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Geometry-Inference Based Clustering Heuristic: New k-means Metric for Gaussian Data and Experimental Proof of Concept
K-means is one of the algorithms that are most utilized in data clustering; the number of metrics is coupled to k-means to reach reasonable levels of...
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An Order Scheduling Heuristic to Minimize the Total Collation Delays and the Makespan in High-Throughput Make-to-Order Manufacturing Systems
This paper presents an order scheduling heuristic to minimize the total collation delays and the makespan in high-throughput make-to-order...
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Novel Concave Hull-Based Heuristic Algorithm For TSP
We presented a novel deterministic concave hull-based heuristic algorithm for Euclidean symmetric TSP (Traveling Salesman Problem). The algorithm...
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Presenting an optimization model for multi cross-docking rescheduling location problem with metaheuristic algorithms
The cross-docking policy has a significant impact on supply chain productivity. This research optimizes the rescheduling location problem for...
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An Efficient Heuristic for the k-Partitioning Problem
We investigate the k-partitioning problem, in which a set of items is divided into mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive non-empty groups...
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A comparative analysis of meta-heuristic methods on disassembly line balancing problem with stochastic time
The balancing of the disassembly line directly affects the productivity of the disassembly process. The disassembly line balancing (DLB) problem can...
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A parallel ruin and recreate heuristic for personnel scheduling in a flexible working environment
Personnel scheduling aims to determine least-cost personnel schedules to meet the demand for employees in each period of a planning horizon. In this...
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Exact and heuristic methods for Anchor-Robust and Adjustable-Robust RCPSP
The concept of anchored solutions is proposed as a new robust optimization approach to the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP)...
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A sample average approximation-based heuristic for the stochastic production routing problem
The Production Routing Problem under demand uncertainty is an integrated problem containing production, inventory, and distribution decisions. At the...
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Heuristic Methods
In this book, you will read about or even directly encounter a number of solution algorithms. All of these algorithms fall into two broad categories:...