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Tabu search applied to the general fixed charge problem

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Recent successes in applying tabu search to a wide variety of classical optimization problems have motivated the investigation of applying tabu search to the well-known general fixed charge problem (GFCP). In this paper, an adaptation of tabu search to GFCP is described and computational results are given. In addition, the computational results are compared with those obtained from SWIFT-2, the most well-known and frequently used heuristic method for GFCP. As will be shown, the results are very encouraging.

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  1. College of Business, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 78249, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Minghe Sun

  2. Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, GA, USA

    Patrick G. McKeown

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Sun, M., McKeown, P.G. Tabu search applied to the general fixed charge problem. Ann Oper Res 41, 405–420 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02023003

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