Initialization of metaheuristics is a crucial topic that lacks a comprehensive and systematic
review of the state of the art. Providing such a review requires in‐depth study and …

Due to pressing challenges such as high market volatility, complex global logistics,
geopolitical turmoil and environmental sustainability, compounded by radical events such as …

This work presents a new approach to the Berth Allocation Problem (BAP) for ships in ports.
Due to the increasing demand for ships carrying containers, the BAP can be considered as a …

In the class of supply chain problems, the Two-Stage Capacitated Facility Location (TSCFL)
is defined by optimal locations for installing factories and warehouses to meet the demand of …

The capacitated centered clustering problem (CCCP) consists in partitioning a set of n points
into p disjoint clusters with a known capacity. Each cluster is specified by a centroid. The …

The initial population of an evolutionary algorithm is an important factor which affects the
convergence rate and ultimately its ability to find high quality solutions or satisfactory …

In several countries, the petroleum is explored offshore and the oil and gas companies use
oil drilling facilities and platforms far away from the coast. Thus, the oil companies transport …

This paper addresses the m-machine no-wait flow shop problem where the set-up time of a
job is separated from its processing time. The performance measure considered is the total …

Recently, researches have shown that the performance of metaheuristics can be affected by
population initialization. Opposition-based Differential Evolution (ODE), Quasi-Oppositional …

Abstract The Assembly Line Worker Assignment and Balancing Problem (ALWABP) appears
in real assembly lines which we have to assign given tasks to workers where there are some …