Three methods to automate the space allocation process in UK universities

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2079 LNCS, Issue , 2001, Pages 254-273

  Burke, E K ^a   Cowling, P ^a   Landa Silva, J D ^a   McCollum, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metaheuristics; Neighbourhood search; Space allocation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; SCHEDULING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; HILL CLIMBING; HYBRIDISATION; META HEURISTICS; MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVES; NEIGHBOURHOOD SEARCH; OPTIMISATION PROBLEMS; SPACE ALLOCATION;

SIMULATED ANNEALING; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 57349085547     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44629-x_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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