Activity-based scheduling optimization is a combinatorial problem built on the traveling
salesman problem intending to optimize people schedules considering their trips and the …

Scheduling involving no-wait in process plays an important role in industries such as plastic,
chemical, and pharmaceutical. Moreover, many scheduling problems in other industries …

Virtual machine placement is a process of mapping virtual machines to physical machines.
The optimal placement is important for improving power efficiency and resource utilization in …

The first comprehensive survey paper on scheduling problems with separate setup times or
costs was conducted by [Allahverdi, A., Gupta, JND, Aldowaisan, T., 1999. A review of …

This paper proposes an effective new hybrid ant colony algorithm based on crossover and
mutation mechanism for no-wait flow shop scheduling with the criterion to minimize the …

This paper addresses the Resilient Food Supply Chain Design (RFSCD) problem, which is
the problem of designing a food supply chain that is resilient enough to ensure business …

In this paper, different optimal hybrid techniques have been proposed for management of a
hybrid power generation system including photovoltaic (PV), fuel cell and battery. The main …

This paper presents an ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm in an agent-based system to
integrate process planning and shopfloor scheduling (IPPS). The search-based algorithm …

A method is presented to detect and assess structural damages from changes in natural
frequencies using ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm. It is possible to formulate the …

Time and cost are the most important factors to be considered in every construction project.
In order to maximize the return, both the client and contractor would strive to optimize the …