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The generalized traveling salesman problem (GTSP) is an extension of the well-known traveling salesman problem. In GTSP, we are given a partition of cities into groups and we are required to find a minimum length tour that includes exactly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-03-30 Gregory Gutin , Daniel Karapetyan

The resource constrained multi-mode multi-project scheduling problem (RCMMMPSP) is a notoriously difficult combinatorial optimization problem. For a given set of activities, feasible execution mode assignments and execution starting times…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-10-03 Martin Josef Geiger

We propose a manager-worker framework based on deep reinforcement learning to tackle a hard yet nontrivial variant of Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP), \ie~multiple-vehicle TSP with time window and rejections (mTSPTWR), where customers who…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Rongkai Zhang , Cong Zhang , Zhiguang Cao , Wen Song , Puay Siew Tan , Jie Zhang , Bihan Wen , Justin Dauwels

The paper deals with the makespan minimization in the hybrid flow shop scheduling problem with multiprocessor tasks. The hybrid flow shop (HFS) generalizes the classical flow shop processor configuration by replacing each processor…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Adam Janiak , Damian Kowalczyk , Maciej Lichtenstein

School bus planning problem (SBPP) has drawn much research attention due to the huge costs of school transportation. In the literature, the SBPP is usually decomposed into the routing and scheduling subproblems due to its complexity.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-01 Ali Shafahi , Zhongxiang Wang , Ali Haghani

Nowadays, the transport goods problem occupies an important place in the economic life of modern societies. The pickup and delivery problem with time windows (PDPTW) is one of the problems which a large part of the research was interested.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-10-06 Imen Harbaoui Dridi , Ryan Kammarti , Mekki Ksouri , Pierre Borne

This paper addresses the problem of identifying time interval separators in temporal networks. We introduce d-MinIntSep, a new variant of the temporal separator problem, which models failures as time intervals assigned to vertices and aims…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Riccardo Dondi , Mohammad Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

This paper addresses the challenge of planning a sequence of tasks to be performed by multiple robots while minimizing the overall completion time subject to timing and precedence constraints. Our approach uses the Timed Partial Orders…

In this article, we consider a multi-agent path planning problem in a partially impeded environment. The impeded environment is represented by a graph with select road segments (edges) in disrepair impeding vehicular movement in the road…

We present an algorithm that incorporates a tabu search procedure into the framework of path relinking to tackle the job shop scheduling problem (JSP). This tabu search/path relinking (TS/PR) algorithm comprises several distinguishing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-25 Bo Peng , Zhipeng Lu , T. C. E. Cheng

Time-dependent (or temporal) properties may arise in many network-based planning problems, particularly in the routing and scheduling of railway track inspection problems. The availability of tracks depends on the train schedules,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Somnath Buriuly , Leena Vachhani , Arpita Sinha , Sivapragasam Ravitharan , Sunita Chauhan

The Rural Postman Problem with Temporal Unavailability (RPP-TU) is a variant of the Rural Postman Problem (RPP) specified for multi-agent planning over directed graphs with temporal constraints. These temporal constraints represent the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Somnath Buriuly , Leena Vachhani , Sivapragasam Ravitharan , Arpita Sinha , Sunita Chauhan

The moving target traveling salesman problem with obstacles (MT-TSP-O) is a generalization of the traveling salesman problem (TSP) where, as its name suggests, the targets are moving. A solution to the MT-TSP-O is a trajectory that visits…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Anoop Bhat , Geordan Gutow , Bhaskar Vundurthy , Zhongqiang Ren , Sivakumar Rathinam , Howie Choset

Microtransit and other flexible transit fleet services can reduce costs by incorporating transfers. However, transfers are costly to users if they must get off a vehicle and wait at a stop for another pickup. A mixed integer linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-14 Zhexi Fu , Joseph Y. J. Chow

This letter concerns optimal power transmission line inspection formulated as a proposed generalization of the traveling salesman problem for a multi-route one-depot scenario. The problem is formulated for an inspection vehicle with a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-03 František Nekovář , Jan Faigl , Martin Saska

The moving target traveling salesman problem with obstacles (MT-TSP-O) seeks an obstacle-free trajectory for an agent that intercepts a given set of moving targets, each within specified time windows, and returns to the agent's starting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Anoop Bhat , Geordan Gutow , Bhaskar Vundurthy , Zhongqiang Ren , Sivakumar Rathinam , Howie Choset

In this paper, we tackle the Multiple Watchman Route Problem (MWRP), which aims to find a set of paths that M watchmen can follow such that every location on the map can be seen by at least one watchman. First, we propose multiple methods…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Srikar Gouru , Ariel Felner , Jiaoyang Li

We study a joint routing-assignment optimization problem in which a set of items must be paired one-to-one with a set of placeholders while simultaneously determining a Hamiltonian cycle that visits every node exactly once. Both the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Qilong Yuan

This paper defines and solves a mathematical model for finding robust periodic timetables by proposing an extension of the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem (PESP). In order to model delayed and not nominal travel times already in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Julius Pätzold

The Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) is a well-known optimization problem in manufacturing, where the goal is to determine the optimal sequence of jobs across different machines to minimize a given objective. In this work, we focus on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Laurie Boveroux , Damien Ernst , Quentin Louveaux