This paper presents a review of the available literature on solid waste management problems, with a particular focus on vehicle routing problems. The available papers are classified into different catego-ries with the purpose of providing the reader with a guide that facilitates his/her search...

Organ transplants have always suffered from long waiting lists. This has led to time playing a crucial role in the organ transplant process. Therefore, from the moment a potential donor is notified, it is important to get the organ as quickly as possible to its recipient. The ultimate goal of...

HDR brachytherapy is a form of internal radiotherapy, in which a tumor receives a temporary high dose of radiation. The treatment is commonly used in clinical practice. We discuss the literature based on the following criteria: scope (interstitial or intracavitary), planning method (forward or...

This paper presents a method for constructing the workforce schedules of an aircraft maintenance company. The method integrates both the stang and the scheduling decision. We formulate the optimization problem using a mixed integer linear programming approach and solve it heuristically using a...