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Recent Advances in Combinatorial Optimization


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1East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China

2National Formosa University, Yunlin, Taiwan

3Tongji University, Shanghai, China

4Universite d’Evry-Val d’Essone, Paris, France

5Université de Lorraine, Metz, France


Recent Advances in Combinatorial Optimization

Description

Combinatorial optimization is a branch of operations research. The essence of a combinatorial optimization problem is to find optimal solutions or approximation solutions from a finite set of feasible solutions. In such problems the size of feasible solution space increases tremendously with regard to the increase in the size of the input parameters. Many well-known problems such as the traveling salesman problem, the bin packing problem, the knapsack problem, and certain types of scheduling problems are combinatorial optimization problems.

This special issue invites original research articles as well as review articles of the latest advances in various aspects of combinatorial optimization such as problem variations, problem reductions, optimal algorithms, approximation algorithms, heuristics, metaheuristics, exact solution methods, and applications in different fields.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Bin packing and bin covering problems
  • Sequencing and scheduling problems
  • Vehicle routing problems
  • Matching problems
  • Cutting stock problems
  • Assignment problems
  • Algorithmic game theory
  • Portfolio optimization
  • Applications and case studies

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 628265
  • - Editorial

Recent Advances in Combinatorial Optimization

Dehua Xu | Dar-Li Yang | ... | Imed Kacem
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 740750
  • - Research Article

Due-Window Assignment Scheduling with Variable Job Processing Times

Yu-Bin Wu | Ping Ji
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 530678
  • - Research Article

An Order Insertion Scheduling Model of Logistics Service Supply Chain Considering Capacity and Time Factors

Weihua Liu | Yi Yang | ... | Yang Liu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 620150
  • - Research Article

Single Machine Scheduling and Due Date Assignment with Past-Sequence-Dependent Setup Time and Position-Dependent Processing Time

Chuan-Li Zhao | Chou-Jung Hsu | Hua-Feng Hsu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 748905
  • - Research Article

Scheduling Jobs and a Variable Maintenance on a Single Machine with Common Due-Date Assignment

Long Wan
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 673563
  • - Research Article

Cooperative Fuzzy Games Approach to Setting Target Levels of ECs in Quality Function Deployment

Zhihui Yang | Yizeng Chen | Yunqiang Yin
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 471016
  • - Research Article

Some Single-Machine Scheduling Problems with Learning Effects and Two Competing Agents

Hongjie Li | Zeyuan Li | Yunqiang Yin
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