Variable neighbourhood search: methods and applications

P Hansen, N Mladenović, JA Moreno Perez - Annals of Operations …, 2010 - Springer
Variable neighbourhood search (VNS) is a metaheuristic, or a framework for building
heuristics, based upon systematic changes of neighbourhoods both in descent phase, to …

[BOK][B] The linear ordering problem: exact and heuristic methods in combinatorial optimization

R Martí, G Reinelt - 2011 - books.google.com
Complex optimization problems abound in the real world. In the face of these challenges,
established methods often fall short of providing solutions. However,'exact'and …

A benchmark library and a comparison of heuristic methods for the linear ordering problem

R Martí, G Reinelt, A Duarte - Computational optimization and applications, 2012 - Springer
The linear ordering problem consists of finding an acyclic tournament in a complete
weighted digraph of maximum weight. It is one of the classical NP-hard combinatorial …

Variable neighbourhood search: methods and applications

P Hansen, N Mladenović, JA Moreno Perez - 4OR, 2008 - Springer
Variable neighbourhood search (VNS) is a metaheuristic, or a framework for building
heuristics, based upon systematic changes of neighbourhoods both in descent phase, to …

Exact and heuristic methods in combinatorial optimization

R Martí, G Reinelt - Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Faced with the challenge of solving hard optimization problems that abound in the real
world, classical methods often encounter serious difficulties. Important applications in …

[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 …

An updated survey on the linear ordering problem for weighted or unweighted tournaments

I Charon, O Hudry - Annals of Operations Research, 2010 - Springer
In this paper, we survey some results, conjectures and open problems dealing with the
combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of the linear ordering problem. This problem consists …

The linear ordering problem revisited

J Ceberio, A Mendiburu, JA Lozano - European Journal of Operational …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Linear Ordering Problem is a popular combinatorial optimisation problem
which has been extensively addressed in the literature. However, in spite of its popularity …

Variable neighborhood search with memory for a single-machine scheduling problem with periodic maintenance and sequence-dependent set-up times

J Pacheco, S Porras, S Casado, B Baruque - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper we study the problem of sequencing jobs in a single machine with programmed
preventive maintenance and sequence-dependent set-up times. This is an NP-hard problem …

Cumulative capacitated colored traveling salesman problem

X Xu, J Cao, X Shi, S Gorbachev - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A colored traveling salesman problem (CTSP) is a generalization of the well-known multiple
traveling salesman problem, which introduces colors to distinguish the accessibility of its …