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EVOW
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2008
Springer
In this paper we study a complex real world workforce scheduling problem. We apply constructive search and variable neighbourhood search (VNS) metaheuristics and enhance these meth...
IJRR
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
This paper proposes an algorithm that drives a unicycle type robot to a desired path, including obstacle avoidance capabilities. The path-following control design relies on Lyapun...
JAMIA
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
In 1997, the American Medical Informatics Association proposed a US information strategy that included a population health record (PopHR). Despite subsequent progress on the conce...
JORS
2011
2011
Robust parameter design optimization of simulation experiments using stochastic perturbation methods
13 years 2 months ago
Stochastic perturbation methods can be applied to problems for which either the objective function is represented analytically, or the objective function is the result of a simula...
EWC
2000
13 years 7 months ago
2000
We explore the meanings of the terms as "structure," "behavior," and, especially, "function" in engineering practice. Computers provide great help in...