We adapt a genetic-based learning classifier system to a forecast evaluation exercise by making its key parameters endogenous and taking into account the need of convergence of the learning algorithm, an issue usually neglected in the literature. Doing so, we find it hard for the algorithm to...

This paper presents a Branch, Bound, and Remember (BB&R) exact algorithm using the Cyclic Best First Search (CBFS) exploration strategy for solving the <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$${1|ST_{sd}|\sum T_{i}}$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> scheduling problem, a single machine scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times where the objective is...</equationsource></inlineequation>