One of the most critical tasks for improving data quality and increasing the reliability of data
analytics is Entity Resolution (ER), which aims to identify different descriptions that refer to …

Operations Research (OR) analytics play a crucial role in optimizing decision-making
processes for real-world problems. The assignment problem, with applications in supply …

The efficiency of automated container terminals primarily depends on the synchronization of
automated-guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated cranes. Accordingly, we study the …

Entity Resolution (ER) lies at the core of data integration and cleaning and, thus, a bulk of
the research examines ways for improving its effectiveness and time efficiency. The initial …

There is a trend in the scientific community to model and solve complex optimization
problems by employing natural metaphors. This is mainly due to inefficiency of classical …

Bees algorithm (BA) is a new member of meta-heuristics. BA tries to model natural behavior
of honey bees in food foraging. Honey bees use several mechanisms like waggle dance to …

In this paper, a combinatorial optimization problem, formulated as a cooperative multiple
task assignment problem with stochastic velocities and time windows for heterogeneous …

Given n items and m knapsacks, the Generalized Assignment Problem (GAP) is to find the
optimum assignment of each item to exactly one knapsack, without exceeding the capacity …

This paper considers a combined location-routing problem. We define an auxiliary network
and give a compact formulation of the problem in terms of finding a set of paths in the …

Automating the scheduling of sport leagues has received considerable attention in recent
years, as these applications involve significant revenues and generate challenging …