Il est généralement reconnu que le processus de découpage électoral doit être à l'abri du gerrymandering et de l'intervention politique. L'utilisation de mé...

The purpose of this article is to formulate and solve a shortest loop problem associated with the design of material flow handling systems in factories. Th...

We study the problem of allocation over time of total cost incurred by countries in a cooperative game of pollution reduction. We compute the characteristi...

The probabilistic satisfiability problem consists, given <i>m</i> logical sentences, with their probabilities to find if they are coherent, and if it is the...

We discuss the relationship between probabilistic logic and <img src="pi.gif" align=bottom>-CMS. Given a set of logical sentences and probabilities, the ou...

In a graph <i>G</i>, a <i>k-club</i> is a vertex set inducing a subgraph of diameter <i>k</i>. These structures play an important role in several applicati...

Le problème de plus court chemin avec contraintes de ressources consiste à trouver un chemin d'un point origine à un point destination de coût minimum et re...

Rotating schedules are commonly used in a number of industries and public services where employees work round the clock, seven days a week. Several rules g...

We present a branch and cut algorithm that yields in finite time, a globally <img src="epsilon.gif" align=bottom>-optimal (with respect to feasibility and o...

An exact algorithm is proposed for minimum sum-of-squares nonhierarchical clustering, i.e., for partitioning a given set of points from Euclidean <i>m</i>-s...

The problem of assigning locomotives and cars to trains is a complex task for most railways. In this paper, we propose a multi-commodity network flow based ...

Given a graph <i>G</i> with <i>n</i> vertices and stability number <img src="alpha.gif" align=bottom>(<i>G</i>), Turán's theorem gives a lower bound on the ...

We study empirically the topology of the local minima of the 3-SAT problem. In particular, we analyze the size of the plateaus, their altitude, their attrac...

The problem of assigning locomotives to trains consists of selecting the types and number of engines that minimize the fixed and operational locomotive cost...

An important aspect of railway planning concerns the distribution of locomotives and cars in the network and their assignment to the scheduled trains. In th...

Dans le cadre du projet de recherche franco-québécois "COPRAIC": COnception et PRoduction Accélérées dans un contexte d'Ingénierie Concourante, une enquête ...

We present branch and bound algorithms that enumerate in finite time all Nash equilibria for strategic and sequence form bimatrix games. For each forms, th...

This paper considers the placement of components onto printed circuit boards (PCB's) using surface mount technology. Multiple automatic placement machines, ...

Cet article décrit un problème d'horaires mensuels personnalisés pour les membres d'équipage (pilotes et officiers) en transport aérien. Ce problème consist...

Dans le cadre du projet de recherche franco-québécois "COPRAIC": COnception et PRoduction Accélérées dans un contexte de l'Ingénierie Concourante, une enquê...