The multi-target assignment (MTA) problem, a crucial challenge in command control,
mission planning, and a fundamental research focus in military operations, has garnered …

Measuring and reporting performance of parallel computers constitutes the basis for
scientific advancement of high-performance computing (HPC). Most scientific reports show …

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 …

Abstract The Weapon-Target Assignment (WTA) problem is of military importance; it
computes an optimal assignment of m weapons to n targets such that the expected total …

Motivated by the limit on the power usage effectiveness (PUE) of the data centers, the
potential benefit of the consolidation, and the impetus of achieving maximum return on …

Problem definition: United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8 states that
health coverage should be universal by 2030. This is challenging in rural and poor areas. To …

With soaring fuel prices and the imperative to reduce global carbon emissions, electric
vehicles (EVs) possess unparalleled advantages in terms of sustainability. Consequently …

This paper studies the classical task assignment problem (TAP) in which M unbreakable
tasks are assigned to N agents with the objective to minimize the communication and …

The introductory chapter consists of four sections. In Sect. 1. 1 we reveal the c-rent situation
in hospitals that is faced by the management. We address the general issue of personnel …

The multilevel generalized assignment problem (MGAP) consists of minimizing the
assignment cost of a set of jobs to machines, each having associated therewith a capacity …