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In the elevator industry, reducing passenger journey time in an elevator system is a major aim. The key obstacle to optimising elevator dispatching is the unpredictable traffic flow of passengers. To address this difficulty, two main…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Shaher Ahmed , Mohamed Shekha , Suhaila Skran , Abdelrahman Bassyouny

This work presents a novel method for task optimization in industrial plants using quantum-inspired tensor network technology. This method obtains the best possible combination of tasks on a set of machines with directed constraints while…

In modern computer systems, jobs are divided into short tasks and executed in parallel. Empirical observations in practical systems suggest that the task service times are highly random and the job service time is bottlenecked by the…

Performance · Computer Science 2017-02-08 Yin Sun , C. Emre Koksal , Ness B. Shroff

This paper describes a Genetic Algorithms approach to a manpower-scheduling problem arising at a major UK hospital. Although Genetic Algorithms have been successfully used for similar problems in the past, they always had to overcome the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-07-05 Uwe Aickelin , Kathryn Dowsland

This study presents a comprehensive approach for optimizing the acquisition, utilization, and maintenance of ABLVR vascular robots in healthcare settings. Medical robotics, particularly in vascular treatments, necessitates precise resource…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Zixi Wang , Yubo Huang , Yukai Zhang , Yifei Sheng , Xin Lai , Peng Lu

The paper represents an algorithm for planning safe and optimal routes for transport facilities with unrestricted movement direction that travel within areas with obstacles. Paper explains the algorithm using a ship as an example of such a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-15 Ivan Yanchin , Oleg Petrov

Optimization of ship routing depends on several parameters, like ship and cargo characteristics, environmental factors, topography, international navigation rules, crew comfort etc. The complex nature of the problem leads to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-05-04 O. T. Kosmas , D. S. Vlachos

We consider a distributed computing network consisting of a master and multiple workers processing tasks of different types. The master is running multiple applications. Each application stochastically generates real-time jobs with a strict…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Yu-Pin Hsu , Yu-Chih Huang , Shin-Lin Shieh

This paper considers scheduling on identical machines. The scheduling objective considered in this paper generalizes most scheduling minimization problems. In the problem, there are $n$ jobs and each job $j$ is associated with a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Benjamin Moseley

Transporting ore from mines to ports is of significant interest in mining supply chains. These operations are commonly associated with growing costs and a lack of resources. Large mining companies are interested in optimally allocating…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Dhananjay Thiruvady , Su Nguyen , Yuan Sun , Fatemeh Shiri , Nayyar Zaidi , Xiaodong Li

The user-level brokers in grids consider individual application QoS requirements and minimize their cost without considering demands from other users. This results in contention for resources and sub-optimal schedules. Meta-scheduling in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2009-03-10 Saurabh Garg , Pramod Konugurthi , Rajkumar Buyya

In recent years genetic algorithms have emerged as a useful tool for the heuristic solution of complex discrete optimisation problems. In particular there has been considerable interest in their use in tackling problems arising in the areas…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2010-07-05 Uwe Aickelin

Genetic Algorithms are widely used in many different optimization problems including layout design. The layout of the shelves play an important role in the total sales metrics for superstores since this affects the customers' shopping…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-21 Hamide Ozlem Dalgic , Erkan Bostanci , Mehmet Serdar Guzel

The paper presents a solution to the dynamic DAG scheduling problem in Grid environments. It presents a distributed, scalable, efficient and fault-tolerant algorithm for optimizing tasks assignment. The scheduler algorithm for tasks with…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-06-28 Florin Pop , Valentin Cristea

The weekly maintenance schedule specifies when maintenance activities should be performed on the equipment, taking into account the availability of workers and maintenance bays, and other operational constraints. The current approach to…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-10-18 Andrew W. Palmer , Robin Vujanic , Andrew J. Hill , Steven J. Scheding

In this paper we formulate an optimization approach to schedule electrical loads given a short term prediction of time-varying power production and the ability to store only a limited amount of electrical energy. The proposed approach is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Raymond A. de Callafon , Abdulelah H. Habib , Jan Kleissl

It is the efficient use of resources expected from an exam scheduling application. There are various criteria for efficient use of resources and for all tests to be carried out at minimum cost in the shortest possible time. It is aimed that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Murat Dener , M. Hanefi Calp

Since beginning of Grid computing, scheduling of dependent tasks application has attracted attention of researchers due to NP-Complete nature of the problem. In Grid environment, scheduling is deciding about assignment of tasks to available…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-04-16 Deepak. c. vegda , Harshad. B. Prajapati

We present a genetic algorithm for the atomistic design and global optimisation of substitutionally disordered bulk materials and surfaces. Premature convergence which hamper conventional genetic algorithms due to problems with…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-09-10 Chris E. Mohn , Walter Kob

Advance reservation is important to guarantee the quality of services of jobs by allowing exclusive access to resources over a defined time interval on resources. It is a challenge for the scheduler to organize available resources…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-03-06 Bo Li , Yijian Pei , Bin Shen , Hao Wu , Min He , Jundong Yang