Maritime terminals of pure transhipment are emerging logistic realities in long-distance containerized trade. Here, complex activities of resource allocation and scheduling should...
In order to co-ordinate multiple resource providers in grid environment to meet a common objective, support for negotiation is needed to establish a contract between the user and ...
Ponnuram Balakrishnan, S. Thamarai Selvi, Gnanapra...
The problem of scheduling the production of new and recoverable defective items of the same product manufactured on the same facility is studied. Items are processed in batches. E...
M. S. Barketau, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Mikhail Y. Kova...
Wireless sensor networks are poised to revolutionize our abilities in sensing and controlling our environment. Power conservation is a primary research concern for these networks....
Sharat C. Visweswara, Rudra Dutta, Mihail L. Sichi...
Time-indexed formulations for machine scheduling problems have received a great deal of attention; not only do the linear programming relaxations provide strong lower bounds, but ...
Marjan van den Akker, Cor A. J. Hurkens, Martin W....