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COR
2006
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A new heuristic recursive algorithm for the strip rectangular packing problem
A fast and new heuristic recursive algorithm to find a minimum height for two-dimensional strip rectangular packing problem is presented. This algorithm is mainly based on heurist...
Defu Zhang, Yan Kang, Ansheng Deng
COR
2006
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Deconstructing Nowicki and Smutnicki's i-TSAB tabu search algorithm for the job-shop scheduling problem
Over the last decade and a half, tabu search algorithms for machine scheduling have gained a near-mythical reputation by consistently equaling or establishing state-of-the-art per...
Jean-Paul Watson, Adele E. Howe, L. Darrell Whitle...
COR
2006
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Optimal batting orders in one-day cricket
This paper concerns the search for optimal or nearly optimal batting orders in one-day cricket. A search is conducted over the space of permutations of batting orders where simula...
Tim B. Swartz, Paramjit S. Gill, David Beaudoin, B...
COR
2006
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Hybrid meta-heuristics algorithms for task assignment in heterogeneous computing systems
In this paper we tackle the task assignment problem (TSAP) in heterogeneous computer systems. The TSAP consists of assigning a given distributed computer program formed by a numbe...
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz, Yong Xu, Xin Yao
COR
2006
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Vehicle routing and scheduling with dynamic travel times
The field of dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling is growing at a fast pace nowadays, due to many potential applications in courier services, emergency services, truckload and l...
Jean-Yves Potvin, Ying Xu, Ilham Benyahia
COR
2006
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Data envelopment analysis for weight derivation and aggregation in the analytic hierarchy process
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is proposed in this paper to generate local weights of alternatives from pair-wise comparison judgment matrices used in the analytic hierarchy proc...
Ramakrishnan Ramanathan
COR
2006
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Artificial neural networks and multicriterion analysis for sustainable irrigation planning
The objective of the present paper is to select the best compromise irrigation planning strategy for the case study of Jayakwadi irrigation project, Maharashtra, India. Four-phase...
K. Srinivasa Raju, D. Nagesh Kumar, Lucien Duckste...
COR
2006
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An exact algorithm for the capacitated vertex p-center problem
We develop a simple and practical exact algorithm for the problem of locating p facilities and assigning clients7 to them within capacity restrictions in order to minimize the max...
F. Aykut Özsoy, Mustafa Ç. Pinar
COR
2006
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Assignment of swimmers to dual meet events
Every fall, thousands of high school swimming coaches across the country begin the arduous process of preparing their athletes for competition. With a grueling practice schedule a...
Maciek Nowak, Marina A. Epelman, Stephen M. Polloc...