Ebook: Metaheuristics in the Service Industry
- Tags: Production/Logistics, Optimization, Operations Research Mathematical Programming, Operations Research/Decision Theory
- Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 624
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Most developed economics show the tendency of an increasing importance of modern services such as tourism, logistical services, finance, and others. In many cases, complex optimization problems can be found in this context, and the successful operation of modern services often depends on the ability to solve the obtained optimization models.
Metaheuristics on the other hand present an interesting problem-resolution paradigm that has attracted considerable interest in past years.
The book combines a set of selected and peer-reviewed articles, presenting novel results of metaheuristics for modern services. In particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and financial services. Novel methodological approaches as well as improved results are obtained, resulting in a considerable contribution to the state-of-the-art of research in metaheuristics.
Most developed economics show the tendency of an increasing importance of modern services such as tourism, logistical services, finance, and others. In many cases, complex optimization problems can be found in this context, and the successful operation of modern services often depends on the ability to solve the obtained optimization models.
Metaheuristics on the other hand present an interesting problem-resolution paradigm that has attracted considerable interest in past years.
The book combines a set of selected and peer-reviewed articles, presenting novel results of metaheuristics for modern services. In particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and financial services. Novel methodological approaches as well as improved results are obtained, resulting in a considerable contribution to the state-of-the-art of research in metaheuristics.
Most developed economics show the tendency of an increasing importance of modern services such as tourism, logistical services, finance, and others. In many cases, complex optimization problems can be found in this context, and the successful operation of modern services often depends on the ability to solve the obtained optimization models.
Metaheuristics on the other hand present an interesting problem-resolution paradigm that has attracted considerable interest in past years.
The book combines a set of selected and peer-reviewed articles, presenting novel results of metaheuristics for modern services. In particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and financial services. Novel methodological approaches as well as improved results are obtained, resulting in a considerable contribution to the state-of-the-art of research in metaheuristics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-8
A Bicriteria Traveling Salesman Problem with Sequence Priorities....Pages 1-14
Metaheuristics for Tourist Trip Planning....Pages 15-31
Solving Fuzzy Multi-Item Economic Order Quantity Problems via Fuzzy Ranking Functions and Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 33-44
Fixed and Variable Toll Pricing in Road Networks with Direct Search Meta-Heuristics....Pages 45-61
Scatter Search for locating a treatment plant and the necessary transfer centers in a reverse network....Pages 63-81
Variable Neighbourhood Descent for Planning Crane Operations in a Train Terminal....Pages 83-98
Design and Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms for the No-wait Flow-shop Scheduling Problem....Pages 99-126
Metaheuristics for the Index Tracking Problem....Pages 127-154
A Hybrid Algorithm for Vehicle Routing of Less-Than-Truckload Carriers....Pages 155-171
Most developed economics show the tendency of an increasing importance of modern services such as tourism, logistical services, finance, and others. In many cases, complex optimization problems can be found in this context, and the successful operation of modern services often depends on the ability to solve the obtained optimization models.
Metaheuristics on the other hand present an interesting problem-resolution paradigm that has attracted considerable interest in past years.
The book combines a set of selected and peer-reviewed articles, presenting novel results of metaheuristics for modern services. In particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and financial services. Novel methodological approaches as well as improved results are obtained, resulting in a considerable contribution to the state-of-the-art of research in metaheuristics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-8
A Bicriteria Traveling Salesman Problem with Sequence Priorities....Pages 1-14
Metaheuristics for Tourist Trip Planning....Pages 15-31
Solving Fuzzy Multi-Item Economic Order Quantity Problems via Fuzzy Ranking Functions and Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 33-44
Fixed and Variable Toll Pricing in Road Networks with Direct Search Meta-Heuristics....Pages 45-61
Scatter Search for locating a treatment plant and the necessary transfer centers in a reverse network....Pages 63-81
Variable Neighbourhood Descent for Planning Crane Operations in a Train Terminal....Pages 83-98
Design and Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms for the No-wait Flow-shop Scheduling Problem....Pages 99-126
Metaheuristics for the Index Tracking Problem....Pages 127-154
A Hybrid Algorithm for Vehicle Routing of Less-Than-Truckload Carriers....Pages 155-171
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