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ALGORITHMICA
2006
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Scalable Parallel Algorithms for FPT Problems
Algorithmic methods based on the theory of fixed-parameter tractability are combined with powerful computational platforms to launch systematic attacks on combinatorial problems o...
Faisal N. Abu-Khzam, Michael A. Langston, Pushkar ...
COR
2006
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A hybrid setup for a hybrid scenario: combining heuristics for the home health care problem
Home health care, i.e. visiting and nursing patients in their homes, is a growing sector in the medical service business. From a staff rostering point of view, the problem is to f...
Stefan Bertels, Torsten Fahle
EOR
2006
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The multiple-job repair kit problem
The repair kit problem is that of finding the optimal set of parts in the kit of a repairman. An important aspect of this problem, in many real-life situations, is that several jo...
Ruud H. Teunter
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ANOR
2005
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Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands using the Cross-Entropy Method
An alternate formulation of the classical vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands (VRPSD) is considered. We propose a new heuristic method to solve the problem. The algori...
Krishna Chepuri, Tito Homem-de-Mello
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CORR
2004
Springer
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The Freeze-Tag Problem: How to Wake Up a Swarm of Robots
An optimization problem that naturally arises in the study of swarm robotics is the Freeze-Tag Problem (FTP) of how to awaken a set of "asleep" robots, by having an awak...
Esther M. Arkin, Michael A. Bender, Sándor ...