A robust optimization for a home health care routing and scheduling problem with consideration of uncertain travel and service times

Y Shi, T Boudouh, O Grunder - … Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2019 - Elsevier
In today's competitive environment, one of the most critical objectives for Home Health Care
(HHC) companies is to meet the demand of patients in a timely fashion. According to the …

Exponential particle swarm optimization for global optimization

K Kassoul, N Zufferey, N Cheikhrouhou… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nature-inspired metaheuristics have been extensively investigated to solve challenging
optimization problems. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is one of the most famous nature …

Simultaneous allocation of buffer capacities and service times in unreliable production lines

K Kassoul, N Cheikhrouhou… - International journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Simultaneous allocation of service times and buffer capacities in manufacturing systems in a
random environment is a NP-hard combinatorial optimisation problem. This paper presents …

[HTML][HTML] Learning variable neighborhood search for a scheduling problem with time windows and rejections

S Thevenin, N Zufferey - Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2019 - Elsevier
Variable neighborhood search is a local search metaheuristic that uses sequentially
different neighborhood structures. This method has been successfully applied to various …

Buffer allocation design for unreliable production lines using genetic algorithm and finite perturbation analysis

K Kassoul, N Cheikhrouhou… - International journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The buffer allocation problem in production lines is an NP-hard combinatorial optimisation
problem. This paper proposes a new hybrid optimisation approach (using simulation) relying …

[HTML][HTML] Graph multi-coloring for a job scheduling application

S Thevenin, N Zufferey, JY Potvin - Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we introduce a graph multi-coloring problem where each vertex must be
assigned a given number of different colors, represented as integers, and no two adjacent …

Development of a hybrid fuzzy genetic algorithm model for solving transportation scheduling problem

HCW Lau, D Nakandala, L Zhao - JISTEM-Journal of Information …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
There has been an increasing public demand for passenger rail service in the recent times
leading to a strong focus on the need for effective and efficient use of resources and …

Security information in production and operations: a study on audit trails in database systems

R Roratto, ED Dias - JISTEM-Journal of Information Systems and …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Special care should be taken to verify the integrity and to ensure that sensitive data is
adequately protected. One of the key activities for data loss prevention is anaudit. And in …

Adaptive Dynamic Jumping Particle Swarm Optimization for Buffer Allocation in Unreliable Production Lines

K Kassoul, N Cheikhrouhou, N Zufferey - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past five decades, the buffer allocation problem in production lines has been the
topic of continuous interest. This paper proposes an adaptive simulation-optimization …

[HTML][HTML] Modelos de auditoría continua: una propuesta taxonómica

FJV Duque, JAT Arias - JISTEM-Journal of Information Systems and …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMEN La Auditoría Continua es considerada por diversos autores como un nuevo
paradigma de la Auditoría, y su materialización se logra a través de la incorporación de …