The weighted maximal planar graph (WMPG) is practically important in the laying out of facilities in modern manufacturing environments. Given a weighted complete graph, the WMPG seeks to find a ...

In this paper we consider a class of parallel machine scheduling problems and their associated set-partitioning formulations. We show that the tightness of the linear programming relaxation of these ...

Pole Przemyslaw "Psyho" Debiak won the prestigious AWTF Heuristic programming tournament. He beat not only the human participants, but also AI. He is the only human to have succeeded. A Polish ...

Sewer network design optimisation is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to establish cost‐effective and hydraulically robust system configurations in urban drainage and sanitary services. By ...

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