Interactive configurators are decision support systems assisting users in selecting values for parameters that respect given constraints. The underlying knowledge can be convenien...
The optimization of the epoxy polymerization process involves a number of conflicting objectives and more than twenty decision parameters. In this paper, the problem is treated tr...
Kalyanmoy Deb, Kishalay Mitra, Rinku Dewri, Saptar...
In this paper we describe the problem of Optimal Competitive Scheduling, which consists of activities that compete for a shared resource. The objective is to choose a subset of ac...
Jeremy Frank, James Crawford, Lina Khatib, Ronen I...
This paper presents the Incremental Breakout Algorithm with Variable Ordering (IncBA). This algorithm belongs to the class of local search algorithms for solving Constraint Satisf...
The problem of finding a high quality timetable for personnel in a hospital ward has been addressed by many researchers, personnel managers and schedulers over a number of years. ...
Edmund K. Burke, Patrick De Causmaecker, Sanja Pet...