This paper surveys the application of simulated annealing (SA) to operations research (OR)
problems. It is concluded that SA has been applied to both traditional (like single machine …

When SIAM asked us to prepare a new edition of this book after less than three years from
publication, we expected a light duty. Just the correction of some typos and imprecisions …

Metaheuristics are the most exciting development in approximate optimization techniques of
the last two decades. They have had widespread successes in attacking a variety of difficult …

Having reached the 50th (golden) anniversary of the publication of Kuhn's seminal article on
the solution of the classic assignment problem, it seems useful to take a look at the variety of …

In this paper, a higher level heuristic procedure “tabu search” is proposed to provide good
solutions to resource-constrained, randomized activity duration project scheduling problems …

The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to investigate the use of various
optimisation heuristics in the fields of automated cryptanalysis and automated cryptographic …

To respond to the challenge of agile manufacturing, companies are striving to provide a
large variety of products at a low cost. Product modularity allows production of different …

Abstract The Human Resource Allocation Problem (HRAP) is a well-known mathematical
modeling type where a set of tasks should be assigned to a group of operators. As the smart …

This paper presents a new tabu search approach for the geometric Traveling Salesman
Problem. The use of complex TSP transitions in a tabu search context is investigated; among …

Praca dotyczy metodologii modelowania systemów przewozowych na potrzeby obsługi
transportowej podmiotów gospodarczych z uwzględnieniem dostosowania potencjału …