Fare Design in Urban Transit Network considering Elastic Demand and Adverse Weather’s Impact by Jiantong Zhang, Biyu Lv, Guichao Tian, Wenchi Liu

“…Such transit fare design problem is described through bilevel programming, in which the upper level is the transportation authority’s transit fare structure decision aiming to minimize the transit network’s total travel and operation cost, while the lower level is a transit network assignment model considering supply and demand uncertainties that influence passengers’ travel choice decisions. A heuristic algorithm is developed to solve the problem, and a numerical example is presented to illustrate the application. …”
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A Heuristic Genetic Algorithm for Regional Targets’ Small Satellite Image Downlink Scheduling Problem by Yan-Jie Song, Zhong-Shan Zhang, Kai Sun, Feng Yao, Ying-Wu Chen

“…We compare the effect of HGA, basic genetic algorithm (GA), and construction heuristic algorithm. The experimental results proved that the proposed approach ensures the successful completion of observation tasks and is effective for SSIDSP.…”
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An Optimal Hierarchical Decision Model for a Regional Logistics Network with Environmental Impact Consideration by Dezhi Zhang, Shuangyan Li, Jin Qin

“…Logistics operators are assumed to compete with logistics service fare and frequency, while logistics users minimize their own perceived logistics disutility given logistics operators’ service fare and frequency. A heuristic algorithm based on the multinomial logit model is presented for the three-level decision model, and a numerical example is given to illustrate the above optimal model and its algorithm. …”
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Optimization of Job Scheduling in the Cloud Computing Environment Using the Fuzzy Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Shabnam Gharaeian, Khosrow Amirizadeh

“…In this work, using the meta-heuristic algorithm of swarm particles optimization (PSO) and fuzzy logic, task completion time is reduced, and, as a result of which, efficiency of using resources is increased. …”
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: Mobility-Centric Roadside Units Deployment for Vehicular Networks by Yongping Xiong, Jian Ma, Wendong Wang, Dengbiao Tu

“…By reducing it into the minimum vertex coverage problem, we show that the RSU deployment problem is NP-complete. Then, a heuristic algorithm RoadGate is proposed to search greedily the optimal positions. …”
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Analysis of Intelligent Transportation System Application Based on Internet of Things and Big Data Technology under the Background of Information Society by Di Wang, Weijing Xu, Xuesong Jia

“…The advantages and disadvantages of genetic algorithm and heuristic algorithm are analyzed, and ant colony algorithm is used for further optimization. …”
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Network Planning Method for Capacitated Metro-Based Underground Logistics System by Jianjun Dong, Wanjie Hu, Shen Yan, Rui Ren, Xiaojing Zhao

“…Then, a hybrid algorithm was designed with a combination of E-TOPSIS, exact algorithm, and heuristic algorithm. Finally, two lines of Nanjing Metro were selected as a case to validate the proposed planning method. …”
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Equity-Oriented Train Timetabling with Collaborative Passenger Flow Control: A Spatial Rebalance of Service on an Oversaturated Urban Rail Transit Line by Chaoqi Gong, Baohua Mao, Min Wang, Tong Zhang

“…Based on the linear weighting technique, an iterative heuristic algorithm combining the tabu search and Gurobi solver is designed to solve the proposed model. …”
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Developing an efficient algorithm for robust school bus routing with heterogeneous fleet by Mohamad Ali Movafaghpour

“…The uncertainty of travel times is modeled as interval numbers. We propose a heuristic algorithm to generate extreme scenarios. Each scenario is generated in order to make the last found optimal solution into an infeasible one as much as possible.Findings: Experimental results show that deploying this novel algorithm for generating extreme scenarios, efficiently produces diverse scenarios. …”
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Presenting and Solving a Three-layer Supply Chain Model to Maximize Quality and Minimize the Estimated Delivery Time by Elham Nazemi, Mahdi Yousefi Nejad Attari, Mahdi Ghaffari

“…Results indicate that MOIWO meta-heuristic algorithm is superior to NSGAII in all indicators except for the NPS indicator.…”
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An Optimal Composition Strategy for Knowledge Service Component Based on Flexible Tracking Particle Swarm Algorithm by Yan-chao Yin, Fu-zhao Chen, Wei-zhi Liao, Cui-yin Liu

“…On this basis, a heuristic algorithm with the adaptive mutation probability is introduced to composite the multigranularity service component dynamically and robustly. …”
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Maximizing Network Lifetime of Directional Sensor Networks Considering Coverage Reliability by Joon-Min Gil, Jong Hyuk Park, Young-Sik Jeong

“…We also develop a heuristic algorithm called directional coverage and reliability (DCR) greedy algorithm to solve the DCCR problem. …”
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A Two-Stage Chance Constrained Approach with Application to Stochastic Intermodal Service Network Design Problems by Yi Zhao, Qingwan Xue, Zhichao Cao, Xi Zhang

“…The first stage allows for the selection of operated services, while the second stage focuses on the determination of intermodal container routes where capacity and on-time delivery chance constraints are presented. A hybrid heuristic algorithm, incorporating sample average approximation and ant colony optimisation, is employed to solve this model. …”
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Location Design of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities: A Path-Distance Constrained Stochastic User Equilibrium Approach by Wentao Jing, Kun An, Mohsen Ramezani, Inhi Kim

“…A simple equilibrium-based heuristic algorithm is developed to obtain the solution. …”
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Scalable Video Streaming for Single-Hop Wireless Networks Using a Contention-Based Access MAC Protocol by Monchai Lertsutthiwong, Thinh Nguyen, Alan Fern

“…Consequently, we present a more expensive heuristic algorithm that guarantees to approximate the optimal solution within a constant factor. …”
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Telefacturing Based Distributed Manufacturing Environment for Optimal Manufacturing Service by Enhancing the Interoperability in the Hubs by V. K. Manupati, M. Gokula Krishnan, M. L. R. Varela, José Machado

“…With an evolutionary algorithm and developed heuristic algorithm, the performance of the proposed manufacturing system has been improved. …”
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Collaborative Multidepot Petrol Station Replenishment Problem with Multicompartments and Time Window Assignment by Guangcan Xu, Maozeng Xu, Yong Wang, Yong Liu, Qiguang Lv

“…To improve the system operational efficiency and reduce costs, we formulate and solve a collaborative multidepot petrol station replenishment problem with multicompartments and time window assignment by establishing a mixed-integer linear programming model. The hybrid heuristic algorithm composed of genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization is used as a solution, and then the Shapley value method is applied to analyze the profit allocation of each petrol depot under different coalitions. …”
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Optimization of the Operation Plan of Airport Express Train with Consideration of Train Departure Time Window by Jin He, Yinzhen Li, Yuhong Chao, Ruhu Gao

“…Neighborhood solution strategies include the increase or haut of train operations and the adjustment of the number of stops, which refines the solution space and boosts the process efficiency of the heuristic algorithm. Additionally, the model and algorithm proposed in this paper are practiced during the peak hour of Nanjing Metro Line S1 for empirical validation. …”
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Optimal Pattern Synthesis of Linear Array and Broadband Design of Whip Antenna Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm by Hengfeng Wang, Chao Liu, Huaning Wu, Bin Li, Xu Xie

“…Antenna arrays with high directivity, low side-lobe level, and null control in desired direction and whip antenna with wider bandwidth both need to be optimized to meet different needs of communication systems. A new natural heuristic algorithm simulating social behavior of grasshoppers, grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA), is applied to electromagnetic field as a new effective technology to solve the antenna optimization problem for the first time. …”
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Fast Optimal Replica Placement with Exhaustive Search Using Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor by Hidetoshi Takeshita, Sho Shimizu, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Akifumi Watanabe, Yutaka Arakawa, Naoaki Yamanaka, Kosuke Shiba

“…To reduce calculation time, heuristic algorithms have been proposed, but it is known that no heuristic algorithm is assured of finding the optimal solution. …”
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