Blending problems occur when different components are mixed to form an end product. The recipe typically has some flexibility as long as specific quality con...

The procurement of freight services is an important element for the supply chain management of a shipper (i.e., a manufacturer or retailer) that sources tran...

In the multi-commodity two-echelon vehicle routing problem with time windows (MC-2E-VRPTW), first-echelon vehicles transport goods from depots to satellites...

Planners in different industries use optimization software for decision-making. In numerous practical applications, these optimization tools are often not re...

Le Quatorzième atelier de résolution de problèmes industriels de Montréal, qui eut lieu du 13 au 17 mai 2024, fut organisé conjointement par le Centre de rec...

Cet article traite du problème intégré d'affectation et de coordination des foreuses électri-ques dans les mines à ciel ouvert, combinant l'attribution des m...

The routing-and-driving problem for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is an extension of the vehicle routing problem with time windows, where routing ...

Cette étude explore les stratégies d'accélération de la génération de colonnes (CG) afin de résoudre efficacement les problèmes de demandes de transport en l...

This paper presents a partial outsourcing strategy for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands (VRPSD), and routing reoptimization is considered ...

Integer (linear) programs are a standard way of formalizing a vast array of optimization problems in industry, services, management, science, and technology....

The Quadratic Knapsack Problem (QKP) is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem that has attracted significant attention due to its complexity and p...

Designing efficient evacuation networks is crucial for disaster preparedness, as poorly planned and managed evacuations can increase the time required for ev...

The cubic knapsack problem (CKP) is a combinatorial optimization problem, which can be seen both as a generalization of the quadratic knapsack problem (QKP) ...

This paper tackles a complex variant of the unit commitment (UC) problem at Hydro-Quebec, referred to as the transient stability constrained unit commitmen...

Le Treizième atelier de résolution de problèmes industriels de Montréal, qui eut lieu du 21 au 25 août 2023, fut organisé conjointement par le Centre de re...

This paper describes a planning problem faced by a fast-growing petroleum company in West Africa. The problem is a complex variant of the petrol station repl...

Efficiently solving a vehicle routing problem (\(\mathcal{VRP}\)) in a practical runtime is a critical challenge for delivery management companies. This pa...

The truck loading and inventory routing problems are the two most important decisions made by companies replenishing petrol stations. This paper investigates...

Bus scheduling in public transit consists in determining a set of bus schedules to cover a set of timetabled trips at minimum cost. This planning process has...

Yield uncertainty is an important issue in various industries such as agriculture, food, and textile where the production output is reliant on uncontrollable...