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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...