The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 66, No. 9 (SEPTEMBER 2015), pp. 1430-1441 (12 pages) In the multi-depot vehicle routing problem (MDVRP), there are several depots where vehicles ...

In many automated manufacturing environments, particularly flowlines and flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs), machines are arranged along a straight material handling track with a material handling ...

Heuristic evaluation and usability testing are two of the most established methods to evaluate software for usability. When in doubt, one is the winner. Assessing the ease of use of a software is ...

Graham Kendall has received funding from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to conduct research into hyper-heuristics. Deep Blue gained world-wide attention in 1997 ...

Description: Design and development of heuristic problem-solving systems. The emphasis is on the development of general data representations, heuristics, and problem-solving strategies that can be ...

When something in your vicinity happens, you know right away if it is good or right. When the traffic light on a busy road is red, you know not to cross and when it is green you can cross, but still ...

Consider the following scenario: you are watching a movie in your living room. One of the supporting characters is played by someone who looks familiar, but you can’t quite put your finger on where ...