This paper proposes a branch-and-bound algorithm for cyclic scheduling of a robotic flowshop with multiple part types … sequencing issues: part input sequencing and robot move sequencing. We give a formulation for the problem and propose a branch-and-bound … algorithm based on the properties of the developed model. The proposed branch-and-bound algorithm consists of three nested …

relaxation-based branch-and-bound (RRBB) method for this problem. First, we define a quantity called the distance to integrality …

from a stereo-camera. While the sliding window is very computationally intensive, a branch-and-bound approach is used …

In branch and bound algorithms in constrained global optimization, a sharp upper bound on the global optimum is … important for the overall efficiency of the branch and bound process. Software to find local optimizers, using floating point … set that caused trouble for previous techniques, and is also employed in a mathematically rigorous branch and bound …

. The algorithmic procedure employs a branch and bound strategy that involves the solution of a multiparametric linear …

minimum makespan. We propose a mixed integer programming model, and develop two pairwise interchange algorithms and a branch-and-bound …

branch and bound algorithm to find optimal solutions to this problem and report the results of computational experiments. We …

bound may be used as a superior initial solution with any other existing branch-and-bound method or tabu search heuristic …

Geometric branch-and-bound techniques are well-known solution algorithms for non-convex continuous global optimization …

incrementally larger ending subsets to strengthen the lower bounds of a branch and bound search as pioneered by Brusco's Repetitive … Branch and Bound Algorithm (RBBA). Copyright Classification Society of North America 2014 …