In the multilevel generalized assignment problem (MGAP) agents can perform tasks at more than one efficiency level. Important manufacturing problems, such as lot sizing, can be ea...
Modularity and symmetry are two properties observed in almost every engineering and biological structure. The origin of these properties in nature is still unknown. Yet, as engine...
— Determining the optimal topology of a graph is pertinent to many domains, as graphs can be used to model a variety of systems. Evolutionary algorithms constitute a popular opti...
Often one has a preference order among the different systems that satisfy a given specification. Under a probabilistic assumption about the possible inputs, such a preference order...
Krishnendu Chatterjee, Thomas A. Henzinger, Barbar...
: For industrial product design, it is very important to take into account assembly/disassembly and maintenance operations during the conceptual and prototype design stage. For the...