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WEA
2010
Springer
243views Algorithms» more  WEA 2010»
16 years 1 months ago
Experiments with a Feasibility Pump Approach for Nonconvex MINLPs
We present a new Feasibility Pump algorithm tailored for nonconvex Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming problems. Differences with the previously proposed Feasibility Pump algorith...
Claudia D'Ambrosio, Antonio Frangioni, Leo Liberti...
ATMOS
2007
177views Optimization» more  ATMOS 2007»
15 years 8 months ago
Approximate dynamic programming for rail operations
Abstract. Approximate dynamic programming offers a new modeling and algorithmic strategy for complex problems such as rail operations. Problems in rail operations are often modeled...
Warren B. Powell, Belgacem Bouzaïene-Ayari
SSD
2005
Springer
188views Database» more  SSD 2005»
16 years 22 days ago
Capacity Constrained Routing Algorithms for Evacuation Planning: A Summary of Results
Abstract. Evacuation planning is critical for numerous important applications, e.g. disaster emergency management and homeland defense preparation. Efficient tools are needed to pr...
Qingsong Lu, Betsy George, Shashi Shekhar
IPPS
2000
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
A General Parallel Simulated Annealing Library and its Application in Airline Industry
To solve real-world discrete optimization problems approximately metaheuristics such as simulated annealing and other local search methods are commonly used. For large instances o...
Georg Kliewer, Stefan Tschöke
CIDR
2011
253views Algorithms» more  CIDR 2011»
14 years 10 months ago
Answering Queries using Humans, Algorithms and Databases
For some problems, human assistance is needed in addition to automated (algorithmic) computation. In sharp contrast to existing data management approaches, where human input is ei...
Aditya G. Parameswaran, Neoklis Polyzotis