A concise survey of efficiently solvable special cases of the permutation flow-shop problem
A literature review on circle and sphere packing problems: models and methodologies.
A Survey of some Non-Standard Traveling Salesman Problems
A survey on combinatorial optimization in dynamic environments∗
This survey presents major results and issues related to the study of NPO problems in dynamic environments, that is, in settings where instances are allowed to undergo some modifications over time. In particular, the survey focuses on two complementary frameworks. The first one is the reoptimization framework, where an instance I that is already solved undergoes some local perturbation. The goal is then to make use of the information provided by the initial solution to compute a new solution. The...
A survey on combinatorial optimization in dynamic environments∗
This survey presents major results and issues related to the study of NPO problems in dynamic environments, that is, in settings where instances are allowed to undergo some modifications over time. In particular, the survey focuses on two complementary frameworks. The first one is the reoptimization framework, where an instance I that is already solved undergoes some local perturbation. The goal is then to make use of the information provided by the initial solution to compute a new solution. The...
An Overview on Polynomial Approximation of NP-Hard Problems
Approximations for Markov decision problems
Der Satz von Fenchel in der konvexen Optimierung.
Duality theory in mathematical programming and optimal control
État de l’art des méthodes d’«optimisation globale»
We present a review of the main “global optimization” methods. The paper comprises one introduction and two parts. In the introduction, we recall some generalities about non linear constraint-less optimization and we list some classifications which have been proposed for the global optimization methods. We then describe, in the first part, various “classical” global optimization methods, most of which available long before the appearance of Simulated Annealing (a key event in this field). There...
État de l'art des méthodes “d'optimisation globale”
We present a review of the main “global optimization" methods. The paper comprises one introduction and two parts. In the introduction, we recall some generalities about non linear constraint-less optimization and we list some classifications which have been proposed for the global optimization methods. We then describe, in the first part, various “classical" global optimization methods, most of which available long before the appearance of Simulated Annealing (a key event in this field)....
Exact decomposition approaches for Markov decision processes: a survey.
Frequency planning and ramifications of coloring
This paper surveys frequency assignment problems coming up in planning wireless communication services. It particularly focuses on cellular mobile phone systems such as GSM, a technology that revolutionizes communication. Traditional vertex coloring provides a conceptual framework for the mathematical modeling of many frequency planning problems. This basic form, however, needs various extensions to cover technical and organizational side constraints. Among these ramifications are T-coloring and...
Geometric algorithms and combinatorial optimization [Book]
Geometric algorithms and combinatorial optimization [Book]
Issues of the European Transport Policy and Current State of EU Funded Transport Research
Kantorovich spaces and optimization.
Les problèmes d'ordonnancement de type «flow-shop» hybride : état de l'art
Les problèmes d'ordonnancement de type flow-shop hybride : état de l'art
A special class of scheduling problems is studied in this paper, named Hybrid Flowshop, n jobs have to be performed in a shop and each of them has the same routing (so this is a flowshop). A job consists in k different operations. A set of machines are able to perform each operation and this set is called a stage. So when a job consists in two operations, there are two stages in the shop. After introducing the scheduling generalities, we define our preocupations and we propose a notation in...
Multicriteria scheduling problems : a survey
This paper presents a state-of-the-art survey on multicriteria scheduling and introduces a definition of a multicriteria scheduling problem. It provides a framework that allows to tackle multicriteria scheduling problems, according to Decision Aid concepts. This problem is decomposed into three different problems. The first problem is about obtaining a model. The second one is how to take criteria into account and the third one is about solving a scheduling problem. An extension to an existing notation...