Kathryn A. Dowsland

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1985-2016
Publications (10 Years): 1

Top Topics

Medical Diagnosis

Integer Program

Evolutionary Algorithm

Top Venues

Int. Trans. Oper. Res.

Publications

Xiaozhou Zhao, Julia A. Bennell, Tolga Bektas, Kathryn A. Dowsland
A comparative review of 3D container loading algorithms. Int. Trans. Oper. Res. 23 (1-2) (2016)
Melissa D. Goodman, Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson
Hybridising GRASP and network flows in the solution of a medical school scheduling problem. J. Sched. 15 (6) (2012)
Rhyd Lewis, Xiang Song, Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson
An investigation into two bin packing problems with ordering and orientation implications. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 213 (1) (2011)
Melissa D. Goodman, Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson
A grasp-knapsack hybrid for a nurse-scheduling problem. J. Heuristics 15 (4) (2009)
Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland
An Indirect Genetic Algorithm for a Nurse Scheduling Problem CoRR (2008)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson
An improved ant colony optimisation heuristic for graph colouring. Discret. Appl. Math. 156 (3) (2008)
Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland
Enhanced Direct and Indirect Genetic Algorithm Approaches for a Mall Layout and Tenant Selection Problem CoRR (2008)
Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland
Exploiting problem structure in a genetic algorithm approach to a nurse rostering problem CoRR (2008)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Eric Soubeiga, Edmund K. Burke
A simulated annealing based hyperheuristic for determining shipper sizes for storage and transportation. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 179 (3) (2007)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, M. Gilbert, Graham Kendall
A local search approach to a circle cutting problem arising in the motor cycle industry. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 58 (4) (2007)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Edward A. Herbert, Graham Kendall, Edmund K. Burke
Using tree search bounds to enhance a genetic algorithm approach to two rectangle packing problems. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 168 (2) (2006)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson
Ant colony optimization for the examination scheduling problem. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 56 (4) (2005)
Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland
An indirect Genetic Algorithm for a nurse-scheduling problem. Comput. Oper. Res. 31 (5) (2004)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Belarmino Adenso-Díaz
Diseño de Heurísticas y Fundamentos del Recocido Simulado. Inteligencia Artif. 7 (19) (2003)
Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland
Enhanced Direct and Indirect Genetic Algorithm Approaches for a Mall Layout and Tenant Selection Problem. J. Heuristics 8 (5) (2002)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Subodh Vaid, William B. Dowsland
An algorithm for polygon placement using a bottom-left strategy. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 141 (2) (2002)
Julia A. Bennell, Kathryn A. Dowsland
Hybridising Tabu Search with Optimisation Techniques for Irregular Stock Cutting. Manag. Sci. 47 (8) (2001)
Julia A. Bennell, Kathryn A. Dowsland, William B. Dowsland
The irregular cutting-stock problem - a new procedure for deriving the no-fit polygon. Comput. Oper. Res. 28 (3) (2001)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson
Solving a nurse scheduling problem with knapsacks, networks and tabu search. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 51 (7) (2000)
Kathryn A. Dowsland, William B. Dowsland, Julia A. Bennell
Jostling for position: local improvement for irregular cutting patterns. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 49 (6) (1998)
Kathryn A. Dowsland
Nurse scheduling with tabu search and strategic oscillation. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 106 (2-3) (1998)
Jonathan M. Thompson, Kathryn A. Dowsland
A robust simulated annealing based examination timetabling system. Comput. Oper. Res. 25 (7-8) (1998)
Kathryn A. Dowsland
Off-the-Peg or Made-to-Measure? Timetabling and Scheduling with SA and TS. PATAT (1997)
Jonathan M. Thompson, Kathryn A. Dowsland
Variants of simulated annealing for the examination timetabling problem. Ann. Oper. Res. 63 (1) (1996)
Edward A. Herbert, Kathryn A. Dowsland
A family of genetic algorithms for the pallet loading problem. Ann. Oper. Res. 63 (3) (1996)
Jonathan M. Thompson, Kathryn A. Dowsland
General Cooling Schedules for a Simulated Annealing Based Timetabling System. PATAT (1995)
Kathryn A. Dowsland
Determining an upper bound for a class of rectangular packing problems. Comput. Oper. Res. 12 (2) (1985)