Abstract. The generalized assignment problem (GAP) is a typical NP-hard problem and has been studied for many years mainly in the operations research community. The goal of the GAP...
Stochastic local search algorithms can now successfully solve MAXSAT problems with thousands of variables or more. A key to this success is how effectively the search can navigate...
Andrew M. Sutton, Adele E. Howe, L. Darrell Whitle...
—We consider a multiarmed bandit problem where the expected reward of each arm is a linear function of an unknown scalar with a prior distribution. The objective is to choose a s...
Adam J. Mersereau, Paat Rusmevichientong, John N. ...
Oversubscribed scheduling problems require removing or partially satisfying tasks when enough resources are not available. For a particular oversubscribed problem, Air Force Satel...
Laura Barbulescu, L. Darrell Whitley, Adele E. How...
Classification problems in critical applications such as health care or security often require very high reliability because of the high costs of errors. In order to achieve this r...