CO2000
Conference Program
Friday 14 July, 2000
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9.30-11.00
 FA1:
Applications to Finance
Chair: T.M. Liebling
FB1
Scheduling II
Chair: K. Pruhs
FC1
Ant Colony and 
Evolutionary Algorithms
Chair: M. Gendreau
9.30-10.00 J.E. Beasley
Index Tracking
H. Kellerer, V.A. Strusevich
Scheduling Parallel Dedicated Machines under Resource Constraints
D. Alexandrov
Minmax Diameter k-Clustering Problem: Computational Study 
10.00-10.30 U. Pferschy, R. Mansini
Securitization of Financial Assets: Knapsack Based Heuristics
M. Palmgren, M. Rönnqvist, 
P. Varbrands
Scheduling of Logging Trucks
J.A. Bland
Ant Colony Optimisation and Space-Planning
10.30-11.00 E. Amaldi, J.-F. Pusztaszeri
Finding Sparse Approximate Solutions To Linear Systems and an Application to Portfolio Replication
A.V. Kononov
I.G. Drobouchevitch
NP-Hardness of Two Subproblems of Three-Machine Open Shop Problem for the Minimum Makespan Criterion

(cancelled)

C. Walshaw, A.J. Soper
A Combined Evolutionary Search And Multilevel Optimisation Approach To Graph Partitioning
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.30 Plenary Talk: 
Chris Potts
Local Search using Neighborhoods of Exponential Size
Chair: V.A. Strusevich
12.30-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.30 FA2
Vehicle Routing and TSP
Chair: G. Gutin
FB2
Packing 
Chair: H. Kellerer
(cancelled)
FC2:
Timetabling and Scheduling Applications
Chair: M. Rönnqvist
(cancelled)
14.00-14.30 E. Hadjiconstantinou
A Classification and Solution Framework for Stochastic Vehicle Routing Problems
A. Mingozzi, M.A. Boschetti
An Exact Method for the Two-Dimensional Vector Packing Problem
(cancelled)
M.J. Brusco, L.W. Jacobs
Scheduling for Multiple Skill Levels in an In-Bound Call Center
(cancelled)
14.30-15.00 R.J. Petch, S. Salhi
A Constructive Heuristic for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Trips (VRPM)
V.M. Kotov
On-Line k-item Bin Packing Problem
(tranferred to TA1)
P. Eveborn, M. Rönnqvist
Solving Hard School Timetabling Problems using Column Generation
(tranferred to WC1)
15.00-15.30 A. Zverovich
Construction Heuristics for the Asymmetric TSP