Many existing algorithms for facility layout problems give block layouts in which departments have irregular shapes. This paper presents algorithms to modify shapes of departments in a given block layout with such departments. With the suggested algorithms, a given block layout is converted into...

In this paper, we consider the fire scheduling problem (FSP) for field artillery, which is the problem of scheduling operations of firing at given targets with a given set of weapons. We consider a situation in which the number of available weapons is smaller than the number of targets, the...

We consider a multi-period vehicle scheduling problem (MPVSP) in a transportation system where a fleet of homogeneous vehicles delivers products of a single type from a central depot to multiple (N) retailers. The objective of the MPVSP is to minimize transportation costs for product delivery...