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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
11

On various packing and covering problems

Chen, Zhibin, January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-90). Also available in print.
12

Algorithms for some combinatorial optimization problems

Chen, Qin, 陈琴 January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Mathematics / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
13

An analysis of the state space graph for integer permutation with application to local search

Thompson, Barrett Michael 08 1900 (has links)
No description available.
14

On partial completion problems

Easton, Todd William 08 1900 (has links)
No description available.
15

Approximation techniques for unsplittable flow and traveling salesmen problems

Friggstad, Zachary Unknown Date
No description available.
16

The use of geometric information in heuristic optimization

Hinxman, Anthony Ian January 1978 (has links)
The trim-loss, or cutting stock, problem arises whenever material manufactured continuously or in large pieces has to be cut into pieces of sizes ordered by customers. The problem is so to organize the cutting as to minimize the amount of waste (trim-loss) resulting from it. Brown (1971) remarks that no practical solution method has been found for the generalized 2-dimensional trim-loss problem. This thesis discusses the applicability of heuristic search methods as solution techniques for this and other problems. Chapter 2 describes three types of combinatorial search method, state-space search, problem reduction, and branch-and-bound. There is a discussion of the ways in which heuristic information can be incorporated into these methods, and descriptions of the versions of the methods used in the work described in succeeding chapters. In the 1-dimensional trim-loss problem order lengths of some material such as steel bars must be cut from stock lengths held by the supplier. Gilmore and Gomory (1961, 1963) have formulated a mathematical programming solution of this problem, which also arises with the slitting of steel rolls, cutting of metal pipe and slitting of cellophane rolls. Their approach has been developed by Haessler (1971,1975) who is particularly concerned with problems arising in the paper industry. In the 1½-dimensional case the material is manufactured as a continuous sheet of constant width and it is required to minimize the length produced to satisfy orders for rectangular pieces. In the 2-dimensional case the orders are again for rectangular pieces, but here the stock is held as large rectangular sheets. In both cases there may be restrictions as to the way in which the material may be cut; the generalized problem in each case occurs when no such restrictions exist. The 1½-dimensional problem appears to be easier of solution than the 2-dimensional case since in the latter it is necessary not only to determine the relative positions of the required pieces in a cutting pattern, but also to partition the pieces into sets to be cut from separate stock sheets. A solution method for the easier problem might provide some insight into possible methods of solution of the more difficult. In chapter 3, a state-space search method for the solution of generalized 1½-dimensional problems where the number of pieces in the order list is fairly small and the dimensions are small integers is described. This method can be developed to solve 2-dimensional problems in which the order list is fairly small and the size of stock sheets variable but affecting the cost of the material. This development is described in chapter 4. A similarly structured state-space search can be used for finding solutions to optimal network problems. Such searches do not prove the solutions they find to be optimal, so it is of interest also to develop a method for finding solutions to the problems that proves them to be optimal. In chapter 5 the state-space search method is compared with one using branch-and-bound.problems change when large numbers of identical pieces are ordered, so a solution method with a different structure is required. Chapter 6 describes a problem reduction method for generalized 2-dimensional problems in which the order lists are large and the dimensions are small integers. Even when there are restrictions on the way in which the material may be cut, the presence of other constraints may make a mathematical formulation of the 2-dimensional trim-loss problem intractable, so again a heuristic solution method may be desirable. In a problem where there are sequencing constraints on the design of successive cutting patterns, problem reduction is again found to provide a useful solution method. This is described in chapter 7. Some conclusions about the efficacy and potential of the methods used are drawn in chapter 8. The remainder of the present chapter is concerned with setting the work described in this thesis in the context of other work on the same and related problems.
17

Fractionally total colouring most graphs

Meagher, Conor John. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.Sc.). / Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/01/30). Written for the School of Computer Science. Includes bibliographical references.
18

CPGA : a two-dimensional order-based algorithm for cell placement /

Cooklis, John T. January 1991 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991. / Spine title: A genetic algorithm for cell placement. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.
19

Reproducing color images with custom inks /

Stollnitz, Eric J. January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Printed examples in pocket. Includes bibliographical references (p. [87]-92).
20

Optimization problems in telecommunications and the internet

Oliveira, Carlos A. S. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2004. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 158 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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