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Algorithms, Volume 14, Issue 2

February 2021 - 39 articles

Cover Story: The introduction of automated parcel locker (APL) systems is one possible approach to improve urban logistics activities. Based on the city of Dortmund as a case study, we propose a simulation-optimization approach integrating a system dynamics simulation model (SDSM) with a multiperiod capacitated facility location problem (CFLP) as a decision support tool for future APL implementations. We first built an SDSM to estimate the number of APLs and then a CFLP model to determine their locations within the city’s districts. Finally, we used Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the costs and reliability level under random demands. We evaluate three e-shopper rate scenarios with the SDSM and then analyze ten detailed demand configurations for the middle-size scenario with our CFLP model. View this paper.
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Articles (39)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,594 Views
18 Pages

Optimal Cooking Procedure Presentation System for Multiple Recipes and Investigating Its Effect

  • Jin Nakabe,
  • Teruhiro Mizumoto,
  • Hirohiko Suwa and
  • Keiichi Yasumoto

23 February 2021

As the number of users who cook their own food increases, there is increasing demand for an optimal cooking procedure for multiple dishes, but the optimal cooking procedure varies from user to user due to the difference of each user’s cooking skill a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,146 Views
18 Pages

Detection of Representative Variables in Complex Systems with Interpretable Rules Using Core-Clusters

  • Camille Champion,
  • Anne-Claire Brunet,
  • Rémy Burcelin,
  • Jean-Michel Loubes and
  • Laurent Risser

22 February 2021

In this paper, we present a new framework dedicated to the robust detection of representative variables in high dimensional spaces with a potentially limited number of observations. Representative variables are selected by using an original regulariz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,535 Views
19 Pages

20 February 2021

A grammar-based compressor is an algorithm that receives a word and outputs a context-free grammar that only produces this word. The approximation ratio for a single input word is the size of the grammar produced for this word divided by the size of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,217 Views
13 Pages

19 February 2021

Recent discoveries of distinct molecular subtypes have led to remarkable advances in treatment for a variety of diseases. While subtyping via unsupervised clustering has received a great deal of interest, most methods rely on basic statistical or mac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,941 Views
16 Pages

Number of Financial Indicators as a Factor of Multi-Criteria Analysis via the TOPSIS Technique: A Municipal Case Study

  • Roman Vavrek,
  • Jiří Bečica,
  • Viera Papcunová,
  • Petra Gundová and
  • Jana Mitríková

19 February 2021

Multi-criteria analysis is a decision-making and efficiency assessment tool for application in both the private and public sectors. Its application is preceded by the selection of suitable indicators and a homogenous set of variants, as well as suita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,207 Views
26 Pages

k-Circle Formation and k-epf by Asynchronous Robots

  • Subhash Bhagat,
  • Bibhuti Das,
  • Abhinav Chakraborty and
  • Krishnendu Mukhopadhyaya

18 February 2021

For a given positive integer k, the k-circle formation problem asks a set of autonomous, asynchronous robots to form disjoint circles having k robots each at distinct locations, centered at a set of fixed points in the Euclidean plane. The robots are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,324 Views
11 Pages

15 February 2021

The reconstruction of gene regulatory networks based on gene expression data can effectively uncover regulatory relationships between genes and provide a deeper understanding of biological control processes. Non-linear dependence is a common problem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,740 Views
25 Pages

13 February 2021

We consider the facility layout problem (FLP) in which we find the arrangements of departments with the smallest material handling cost that can be expressed as the product of distance times flows between departments. It is known that FLP can be form...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,639 Views
13 Pages

Adaptive Quick Reduct for Feature Drift Detection

  • Alessio Ferone and
  • Antonio Maratea

11 February 2021

Data streams are ubiquitous and related to the proliferation of low-cost mobile devices, sensors, wireless networks and the Internet of Things. While it is well known that complex phenomena are not stationary and exhibit a concept drift when observed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,386 Views
15 Pages

An Investigation of Alternatives to Transform Protein Sequence Databases to a Columnar Index Schema

  • Roman Zoun,
  • Kay Schallert,
  • David Broneske,
  • Ivayla Trifonova,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Robert Heyer,
  • Dirk Benndorf and
  • Gunter Saake

11 February 2021

Mass spectrometers enable identifying proteins in biological samples leading to biomarkers for biological process parameters and diseases. However, bioinformatic evaluation of the mass spectrometer data needs a standardized workflow and system that s...

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