Journal of Heuristics

2016 - 2025

Current editor(s): Manuel Laguna

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Volume 31, issue 2, 2025

A reliability-extended simheuristic for the sustainable vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times and demands pp. 1-39

Hassana Abdullahi, Lorena Reyes-Rubiano, Djamila Ouelhadj, Javier Faulin and Angel A. Juan

An adaptive variable neighborhood search for the traveling salesman problem with job-times pp. 1-65

Shaowen Lan, Yongliang Lu and Wenjuan Fan

Hybrid algorithms for enhanced efficiency and scalability of network-based tri-level interdiction models pp. 1-43

Nafiseh Ghorbani-Renani, Andrés D. González and Kash Barker

Volume 31, issue 1, 2025

An efficient backtracking heuristic for the resource allocation problem with compatibility and exclusivity constraints pp. 1-29

Ahmed Khassiba

Heuristics for the run-length encoded Burrows–Wheeler transform alphabet ordering problem pp. 1-29

Lily Major, Amanda Clare, Jacqueline W. Daykin, Benjamin Mora and Christine Zarges

Lagrangian-based heuristics for production planning with perishable products, scarce resources, and sequence-dependent setup times pp. 1-35

Willy A. Oliveira Soler, Maristela O. Santos and Kerem Akartunalı

Two-echelon van-robot routing problem with sharing-curbside satellites pp. 1-35

Hongqi Li, Feilong Wang, Hanxi Xiong and Zhiqi Wang

An effective population-based approach for the partial set covering problem pp. 1-32

Ye Zhang, Jinlong He, Yupeng Zhou, Shuli Hu, Dunbo Cai, Naiyu Tian and Minghao Yin

Hybridizing constraint programming and meta-heuristics for multi-mode resource-constrained multiple projects scheduling Problem pp. 1-37

Arben Ahmeti and Nysret Musliu

Transforming last mile delivery with heterogeneous assistants: drones and delivery robots pp. 1-42

Cheng Chen, Emrah Demir, Xisheng Hu and Hainan Huang

Heuristic algorithm for integrated ship scheduling, routing and stowage problem in multi-vessel roll-on/roll-off shipping pp. 1-40

Yuzhe Zhao, Peiyun Peng, Jingmiao Zhou and Yadong Wang

An adaptative multi-objective scatter search for solving the dynamic bin packing problem pp. 1-69

Méziane Aïder, Sabrin Boulebene and Mhand Hifi

A heuristic algorithm to improving the coil slitting process in the steel industry pp. 1-38

Óscar Soto-Sánchez, María Sierra-Paradinas, Micael Gallego, Antonio Alonso-Ayuso and Francisco Gortázar

A memetic algorithm for the flexible periodic vehicle routing problem pp. 1-26

Banafsheh Amiri, Koorush Ziarati and Somayeh Sohrabi

A local branching-based solution for the multi-period cutting stock problem with tardiness, earliness, and setup costs pp. 1-57

Elisama Araújo Silva Oliveira, Elizabeth Wanner, Elisangela Martins Sá and Sérgio Ricardo Souza

A Q-learning-based algorithm for the block relocation problem pp. 1-41

Liqun Liu, Yuanjun Feng, Qingcheng Zeng, Zhijun Chen and Yaqiu Li

Evolutionary optimization of the area under precision-recall curve for classifying imbalanced multi-class data pp. 1-66

Marwa Chabbouh, Slim Bechikh, Efrén Mezura-Montes and Lamjed Ben Said

Feature selection for high-dimensional data using a multivariate search space reduction strategy based scatter search pp. 1-33

Miguel Garcia-Torres

30 years of the Journal of Heuristics: a bibliometric analysis pp. 1-55

Martha Flores-Sosa, José M. Merigó and Kenia Sanchez-Valenzuela

Measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of simulation optimization metaheuristic algorithms pp. 1-21

Benjamin G. Thengvall, Shane N. Hall and Michael P. Deskevich

Volume 30, issue 5, 2024

A large-scale neighborhood search algorithm for multi-activity tour scheduling problems pp. 225-267

Rana Shariat and Kai Huang

Assignment of orthologous genes in unbalanced genomes using cycle packing of adjacency graphs pp. 269-289

Gabriel Siqueira, Andre Rodrigues Oliveira, Alexsandro Oliveira Alexandrino, Géraldine Jean, Guillaume Fertin and Zanoni Dias

Mathematical models and solving methods for diversity and equity optimization pp. 291-323

Rafael Martí, Francisco Parreño and Jorge Mortes

On the emerging potential of quantum annealing hardware for combinatorial optimization pp. 325-358

Byron Tasseff, Tameem Albash, Zachary Morrell, Marc Vuffray, Andrey Y. Lokhov, Sidhant Misra and Carleton Coffrin

A MILP model and a heuristic algorithm for post-disaster connectivity problem with heterogeneous vehicles pp. 359-396

İlknur Tükenmez, Tugba Saraç and Onur Kaya

Correction to: A MILP model and a heuristic algorithm for post-disaster connectivity problem with heterogeneous vehicles pp. 397-397

İlknur Tükenmez, Tugba Saraç and Onur Kaya

An integrated ILS-VND strategy for solving the knapsack problem with forfeits pp. 399-420

Matheus M. Vieira, Bruno Nogueira and Rian G. S. Pinheiro

Correction to: An integrated ILS-VND strategy for solving the knapsack problem with forfeits pp. 421-421

Matheus M. Vieira, Bruno Nogueira and Rian G. S. Pinheiro

Genetic programming hyper-heuristic for evolving a maintenance policy for wind farms pp. 423-451

Yikai Ma, Wenjuan Zhang and Juergen Branke

Volume 30, issue 3, 2024

Algorithmic strategies for a fast exploration of the TSP $$4$$ 4 -OPT neighborhood pp. 109-144

Giuseppe Lancia and Marcello Dalpasso

A hybrid iterated local search matheuristic for large-scale single source capacitated facility location problems pp. 145-172

Guilherme Barbosa Almeida, Elisangela Martins Sá, Sérgio Ricardo Souza and Marcone Jamilson Freitas Souza

Interpretability of rectangle packing solutions with Monte Carlo tree search pp. 173-198

Yeray Galán López, Cristian González García, Vicente García Díaz, Edward Rolando Núñez Valdez and Alberto Gómez Gómez

Metaheuristics and machine learning: an approach with reinforcement learning assisting neural architecture search pp. 199-224

Sandra Mara Scós Venske, Carolina Paula Almeida and Myriam Regattieri Delgado

Volume 30, issue 1, 2024

A hybrid variable neighborhood search heuristic for the sustainable time-dependent truck-drone routing problem with rendezvous locations pp. 1-41

Ebrahim Teimoury and Reza Rashid

DSLS: a simple and efficient local search algorithm for the maximum bisection problem pp. 43-65

Xinliang Tian, Dantong Ouyang, Huisi Zhou, Rui Sun and Liming Zhang

A heuristic algorithm using tree decompositions for the maximum happy vertices problem pp. 67-107

Louis Carpentier, Jorik Jooken and Jan Goedgebeur

Volume 29, issue 4, 2023

An integrated learning and progressive hedging matheuristic for stochastic network design problem pp. 409-434

Fatemeh Sarayloo, Teodor Gabriel Crainic and Walter Rei

A matheuristic approach for the family traveling salesman problem pp. 435-460

Abtin Nourmohammadzadeh, Malek Sarhani and Stefan Voß

On robust vs fast solving of qualitative constraints pp. 461-485

Jan Wehner, Michael Sioutis and Diedrich Wolter

Solving travelling thief problems using coordination based methods pp. 487-544

Majid Namazi, M. A. Hakim Newton, Conrad Sanderson and Abdul Sattar

Effective adaptive large neighborhood search for a firefighters timetabling problem pp. 545-580

Mohamed-Amine Ouberkouk, Jean-Paul Boufflet and Aziz Moukrim

Volume 29, issue 2, 2023

Anisotropic Q-learning and waiting estimation based real-time routing for automated guided vehicles at container terminals pp. 207-228

Pengfei Zhou, Li Lin and Kap Hwan Kim

A two-phase hybrid evolutionary algorithm for solving the bi-objective scheduling multiprocessor tasks on two dedicated processors pp. 229-267

Fatma-Zohra Baatout and Mhand Hifi

A hybrid heuristic algorithm for urban distribution with simultaneous pickup-delivery and time window pp. 269-311

Fagui Liu, Lvshengbiao Wang, Mengke Gui, Yang Zhang, Yulin Lan, Chengqi Lai and Boyuan Zhu

Learning fine-grained search space pruning and heuristics for combinatorial optimization pp. 313-347

Juho Lauri, Sourav Dutta, Marco Grassia and Deepak Ajwani

The ALNS metaheuristic for the transmission maintenance scheduling pp. 349-382

David Woller, Jakub Rada and Miroslav Kulich

An efficient scenario penalization matheuristic for a stochastic scheduling problem pp. 383-408

Michel Vasquez, Mirsad Buljubasic and Saïd Hanafi

Volume 29, issue 1, 2023

Automated Algorithm Selection: from Feature-Based to Feature-Free Approaches pp. 1-38

Mohamad Alissa, Kevin Sim and Emma Hart

A column generation-based heuristic to solve the integrated planning, scheduling, yard allocation and berth allocation problem in bulk ports pp. 39-76

João Luiz Marques Andrade and Gustavo Campos Menezes

Self-adaptive heuristic algorithms for the dynamic and stochastic orienteering problem in autonomous transportation system pp. 77-137

Bijun Wang, Zheyong Bian and Mo Mansouri

Heuristics and meta-heuristic to solve the ROADEF/EURO challenge 2020 maintenance planning problem pp. 139-175

Hanyu Gu, Hue Chi Lam, Thi Thanh Thu Pham and Yakov Zinder

Minimizing total completion time in large-sized pharmaceutical quality control scheduling pp. 177-206

Miguel S. E. Martins, Joaquim L. Viegas, Tiago Coito, Bernardo Firme, Andrea Costigliola, João Figueiredo, Susana M. Vieira and João M. C. Sousa