Variable neighborhood search: basics and variants
Variable neighborhood search (VNS) is a framework for building heuristics, based upon systematic changes of neighborhoods both in a descent phase, to find a local minimum, and in a perturbation phase to escape from the corresponding valley. In this paper,
Pierre Hansen +3 more
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Collaborative variable neighborhood search for multi-objective distributed scheduling in two-stage hybrid flow shop with sequence-dependent setup times [PDF]
Distributed scheduling is seldom investigated in hybrid flow shops. In this study, distributed two-stage hybrid flow shop scheduling problem (DTHFSP) with sequence-dependent setup times is considered.
Jingcao Cai +5 more
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Topological variable neighborhood search
The design of the novel metaheuristic method, called Topological Variable Neighborhood Search, is presented and its theoretical properties are elaborated. The proposed metaheuristic method is implemented, applied to several well-known NP-hard problems on
Vladimir Filipović, Aleksandar Kartelj
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Designer-driven 3D buildings generated using variable neighborhood search [PDF]
This paper presents a mechanism to generate virtual buildings considering designer constraints and guidelines. This mechanism is implemented as a pipeline of different Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) optimization processes in which several subproblems
LaTorre de la Fuente, Antonio +4 more
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Influence of a neighborhood shape on the efficiency of continuous variable neighborhood search [PDF]
The efficiency of a Variable neighborhood search metaheuristic for continuous global optimization problems greatly depends on geometric shape of neighborhood structures used by the algorithm.
Dražić Milan
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Variable Neighborhood Search [PDF]
Variable neighborhood search (VNS) is a metaheuristic for solving combinatorial and global optimization problems. Its basic idea is systematic change of neighborhood both within a descent phase to find a local optimum and in a perturbation phase to get out of the corresponding valley.
Mladenović, N., Hansen, P.
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Gaussian variable neighborhood search for the file transfer scheduling problem [PDF]
This paper presents new modifications of Variable Neighborhood Search approach for solving the file transfer scheduling problem. To obtain better solutions in a small neighborhood of a current solution, we implement two new local search ...
Dražić Zorica
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Application of dynamic firework algorithm considering variable neighborhood strategy in flexible job shop scheduling problem [PDF]
Aiming at the flexible job shop scheduling problem, this paper constructs a dual-objective mathematical model to minimize the maximum completion time and the minimum total processing cost.
Lv Jie, Zhang Fenqiang
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An Enhanced Evolutionary Local Search for the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem [PDF]
We present a simple and effective metaheuristic algorithm for the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem (SDVRP). The SDVRP is a relaxation of the classical Vehicle Routing Problem in which a customer demand may be serviced by more than one vehicle.
Sanae Larioui
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Variable neighborhood search for maximum diverse grouping problem [PDF]
This paper presents a general variable neighborhood search (GVNS) heuristic for solving the maximum diverse grouping problem. Extensive computational experiments performed on a series of large random graphs as well as on several instances of the
Urošević Dragan
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