Jacques A. Ferland

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1971-2019
Publications (10 Years): 4

Top Topics

Scheduling Problem

Hybrid Approaches

Variable Neighborhood Descent

Top Venues

J. Oper. Res. Soc.

Comput. Electron. Agric.

IEEE Trans. Engineering Management

Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.

Publications

Sebastián Fuentealba, Lorena Pradenas, Rodrigo Linfati, Jacques A. Ferland
Forest harvest and sawmills: An integrated tactical planning model. Comput. Electron. Agric. 156 (2019)
John Clarke, Viviane Gascon, Jacques A. Ferland
A Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem With Synchronized Pick-Ups and Drop-Offs: The Case of Medication Delivery and Supervision in the DR Congo. IEEE Trans. Engineering Management 64 (3) (2017)
Luong Thuan Thanh, Jacques A. Ferland, Bouazza Elbenani, Nguyen Dinh Thuc, Van Hien Nguyen
A computational study of hybrid approaches of metaheuristic algorithms for the cell formation problem. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 67 (1) (2016)
Amina Lamghari, Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos, Jacques A. Ferland
A hybrid method based on linear programming and variable neighborhood descent for scheduling production in open-pit mines. J. Glob. Optim. 63 (3) (2015)
Marius Posta, Jacques A. Ferland, Philippe Michelon
An exact cooperative method for the uncapacitated facility location problem. Math. Program. Comput. 6 (3) (2014)
Amina Lamghari, Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos, Jacques A. Ferland
A variable neighbourhood descent algorithm for the open-pit mine production scheduling problem with metal uncertainty Open. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 65 (9) (2014)
Lorena Pradenas, Juan Garcés, Víctor Parada, Jacques A. Ferland
Genotype-phenotype heuristic approaches for a cutting stock problem with circular patterns. Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell. 26 (10) (2013)
Marius Posta, Jacques A. Ferland, Philippe Michelon
An exact method with variable fixing for solving the generalized assignment problem. Comput. Optim. Appl. 52 (3) (2012)
Bouazza Elbenani, Jacques A. Ferland, Jonathan Bellemare
Genetic algorithm and large neighbourhood search to solve the cell formation problem. Expert Syst. Appl. 39 (3) (2012)
Marius Posta, Jacques A. Ferland, Philippe Michelon
Generalized resolution search. Discret. Optim. 8 (2) (2011)
Tuyen Ba Dinh, Tien Dinh, Jacques A. Ferland
A meta-heuristic approach for cell formation problem. SoICT (2011)
Amina Lamghari, Jacques A. Ferland
Assigning judges to competitions of several rounds using Tabu search. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 210 (3) (2011)
Luong Thuan Thanh, Jacques A. Ferland, Nguyen Dinh Thuc, Van Hien Nguyen
Simulated Annealing Method with Different Neighborhoods for Solving the Cell Formation Problem. IJCCI (ECTA-FCTA) (2011)
Khoa Trinh, Jacques A. Ferland, Tien Ba Dinh
A Stochastic Optimization Method for Solving the Machine-Part Cell Formation Problem. ICIC (1) (2011)
Amina Lamghari, Jacques A. Ferland
Metaheuristic methods based on Tabu search for assigning judges to competitions. Ann. Oper. Res. 180 (1) (2010)
Khaled Moumene, Jacques A. Ferland
Activity list representation for a generalization of the resource-constrained project scheduling problem. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 199 (1) (2009)
Khaled Moumene, Jacques A. Ferland
New representation to reduce the search space for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem. RAIRO Oper. Res. 42 (2) (2008)
Jean-Jacques Strodiot, Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland, Van Hien Nguyen
An inexact proximal point method for solving generalized fractional programs. J. Glob. Optim. 42 (1) (2008)
Amina Lamghari, Jacques A. Ferland
Structured Neighborhood Tabu Search for Assigning Judges to Competitions. CISched (2007)
Andres Diaz Legües, Jacques A. Ferland, Celso C. Ribeiro, Jorge R. Vera, Andrés Weintraub
A tabu search approach for solving a difficult forest harvesting machine location problem. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 179 (3) (2007)
Véronique Bouffard, Jacques A. Ferland
Improving simulated annealing with variable neighborhood search to solve the resource-constrained scheduling problem. J. Sched. 10 (6) (2007)
Michel Gendreau, Jacques A. Ferland, Bernard Gendron, Noureddine Hail, Brigitte Jaumard, Sophie D. Lapierre, Gilles Pesant, Patrick Soriano
Physician Scheduling in Emergency Rooms. PATAT (2006)
Lorena Pradenas, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado, Jacques A. Ferland, Robert Scherer, Philippe Michelon, Nelson Maculan
Preface. Ann. Oper. Res. 138 (1) (2005)
Lorena Pradenas, Fernando Peñailillo, Jacques A. Ferland
Aggregate production planning problem. A new algorithm. Electron. Notes Discret. Math. 18 (2004)
Jacques A. Ferland, Pina Marziliano
Efficient and Local Efficient Solutions for Assignment Type Problems. RAIRO Oper. Res. 35 (3) (2001)
Jacques A. Ferland, Ilham Berrada, Imene Nabli, B. Ahiod, Philippe Michelon, Viviane Gascon, Éric Gagné
Generalized Assignment Type Goal Programming Problem: Application to Nurse Scheduling. J. Heuristics 7 (4) (2001)
Jacques A. Ferland, Soumia Ichoua, Alain Lavoie, Éric Gagné
Scheduling using tabu search methods with intensification and diversification. Comput. Oper. Res. 28 (11) (2001)
Viviane Gascon, Sophie Villeneuve, Philippe Michelon, Jacques A. Ferland
Scheduling the flying squad nurses of a hospital using a multi-objective programming model. Ann. Oper. Res. 96 (1-4) (2000)
Jacques A. Ferland
Generalized Assignment-Type Problems: A Powerful Modeling Scheme. PATAT (1997)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland, Constantin Zalinescu
α-Covex Sets and Strong Quasiconvexity. Math. Oper. Res. 22 (4) (1997)
Charles Fleurent, Jacques A. Ferland
Genetic and hybrid algorithms for graph coloring. Ann. Oper. Res. 63 (3) (1996)
Jacques A. Ferland, Alain Hertz, Alain Lavoie
An Object-Oriented Methodology for Solving Assignment-Type Problems with Neighborhood Search Techniques. Oper. Res. 44 (2) (1996)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland
Criteria for differentiable generalized monotone maps. Math. Program. 75 (1996)
Charles Fleurent, Jacques A. Ferland
Genetic Hybrids for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. Quadratic Assignment and Related Problems (1993)
Charles Fleurent, Jacques A. Ferland
Object-oriented implementation of heuristic search methods for Graph Coloring, Maximum Clique, and Satisfiability. Cliques, Coloring, and Satisfiability (1993)
Charles Fleurent, Jacques A. Ferland
Allocating Games for the NHL Using Integer Programming. Oper. Res. 41 (4) (1993)
Michèle Charest, Jacques A. Ferland
Preventive maintenance scheduling of power generating units. Ann. Oper. Res. 41 (3) (1993)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland, Siegfried Schaible
Generalized convexity on affine subspaces with an application to potential functions. Math. Program. 56 (1992)
Jacques A. Ferland, Alain Lavoie
Exchanges procedures for timetabling problems. Discret. Appl. Math. 35 (3) (1992)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland
Algorithms for generalized fractional programming. Math. Program. 52 (1991)
Jacques A. Ferland, Gilles Guénette
Decision Support System for the School Districting Problem. Oper. Res. 38 (1) (1990)
Jean Aubin, Jacques A. Ferland
A large scale timetabling problem. Comput. Oper. Res. 16 (1) (1989)
Jean-Charles Bernard, Jacques A. Ferland
Convergence of interval-type algorithms for generalized fractional programming. Math. Program. 43 (1-3) (1989)
Youssef Benadada, Jacques A. Ferland
Partial linearization for generalized fractional programming. ZOR Methods Model. Oper. Res. 32 (2) (1988)
Jean-Pierre Dussault, Jacques A. Ferland, Bernard Lemaire
Convex quadratic programming with one constraint and bounded variables. Math. Program. 36 (1) (1986)
Jacques A. Ferland, Serge Roy
Timetabling problem for university as assignment of activities to resources. Comput. Oper. Res. 12 (2) (1985)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland, Siegfried Schaible
Duality in generalized linear fractional programming. Math. Program. 29 (2) (1984)
Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Jacques A. Ferland, Jean-Marc Rousseau
A Tactical Planning Model for Rail Freight Transportation. Transp. Sci. 18 (2) (1984)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland, Siegfried Schaible
Duality in generalized linear fractional programming. Math. Program. 27 (3) (1983)
Jean-Pierre Crouzeix, Jacques A. Ferland
Criteria for quasi-convexity and pseudo-convexity: Relationships and comparisons. Math. Program. 23 (1) (1982)
Gilles Dulac, Jacques A. Ferland, Pierre A. Forgues
School bus routes generator in urban surroundings. Comput. Oper. Res. 7 (3) (1980)
Jacques A. Ferland
Maximal domains of quasi-convexity and pseudo-convexity for quadratic functions. Math. Program. 3 (1) (1972)
Jacques A. Ferland
Mathematical programming problems with quasi-convex objective functions. Math. Program. 3 (1) (1972)
Richard W. Cottle, Jacques A. Ferland
On pseudo-convex functions of nonnegative variables. Math. Program. 1 (1) (1971)