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CORR
2008
Springer
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13 years 5 months ago
An Indirect Genetic Algorithm for a Nurse Scheduling Problem
This paper describes a Genetic Algorithms approach to a manpower-scheduling problem arising at a major UK hospital. Although Genetic Algorithms have been successfully used for sim...
Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland
GECCO
2000
Springer
170views Optimization» more  GECCO 2000»
13 years 9 months ago
A Comparison of Genetic Algorithms for the Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling Problem
The majority of the research using evolutionary algorithms for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) has studied only the static JSSP. Few evolutionary algorithms have been appli...
Manuel Vázquez, L. Darrell Whitley
AIPS
2008
13 years 7 months ago
A New Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Setup Times
In this paper we face the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Sequence Dependent Setup Times by means of a genetic algorithm hybridized with local search. We have built on a previous...
Miguel A. González, Camino R. Vela, Ramiro ...
CLOUDCOM
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Scaling Populations of a Genetic Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problems Using MapReduce
Inspired by Darwinian evolution, a genetic algorithm (GA) approach is one of the popular heuristic methods for solving hard problems, such as the Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP...
Di-Wei Huang, Jimmy Lin
GECCO
2000
Springer
138views Optimization» more  GECCO 2000»
13 years 9 months ago
Domain Knowledge and Representation in Genetic Algorithms for Real World Scheduling Problems
This paper discusses the issues that arise in the design and implementation of an industrialstrength evolutionary-based system for the optimization of the monthly work schedules f...
Ioannis T. Christou, Armand Zakarian