UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE

• Recherche opérationnelle

• Industrial Management & Logistics
• Gestion des stocks
• Modélisation et gestion des opérations
• Analyse des décisions
• Gestion de la production

• Jean Respen
• Simon Thevenin

In Journals with review process

• M. Vasquez, N. Zufferey, Consistent Neighborhood Search for Combinatorial Optimization, ISRN Computational Mathematics, vol. 2012, ID 671423, 12 pages, 2012
• M.-A. Carle, A. Martel, N. Zufferey, The CAT Metaheuristic for the Solution of Multi-Period Activity-Based Supply Chain Network Design Problems, International Journal of Production Economics 139 (2), 664 – 677, 2012
• N. Zufferey, Metaheuristics: some Principles for an Efficient Design, Computer Technology and Applications 3 (6), 446 – 462, 2012
• M. Verma, V. Verter, N. Zufferey, A Bi-Objective Model for Planning and Managing Rail-Truck Intermodal Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Transportation Research E: Logistics and Transportation Review 48 (1), 132 – 149, 2012
• N. Zufferey, M. Verma, Tabu search for shipping dangerous goods in a rail-truck network, Research in Logistics & Production 1 (3), 127 – 137, 2011
• N. Zufferey, Optimization by Ant Algorithms: Possible Roles for an Individual Ant, Optimization Letters 6 (5), 963 – 973, 2012
• N. Zufferey, O. Labarthe, D. Schindl, Heuristics for a Project Management Problem with Incompatibility and Assignment Costs, Computational Optimization and Applications 51, 1231 – 1252, 2012
• H. Amrani, A. Martel, N. Zufferey, P. Makeeva, A Variable Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Design of Multicommodity Production-Distribution Networks with Alternative Facility Configurations, OR Spectrum 33 (4), 989 – 1007, 2011
• S. Lorini, J.-Y. Potvin, N. Zufferey, Online Vehicle Routing and Scheduling with Dynamic Travel Times, Computers & Operations Research 38 (7), 1086 – 1090, 2011
• E. A. Silver, N. Zufferey, Inventory Control of an Item with a Probabilistic Replenishment Lead Time and a Known Supplier Shutdown Period, International Journal of Production Research 49 (4), 923 – 947, 2011
• F.-X. Meuwly, B. Ries, N. Zufferey, Solution Methods for a Scheduling Problem with Incompatibility and Precedence Constraints, Algorithmic Operations Research 5 (2), 75 – 85, 2010
• M. Plumettaz, D. Schindl, N. Zufferey, Ant Local Search and its Efficient Adaptation to Graph Colouring, Journal of the Operational Research Society 61, 819 – 826, 2010
• M. Bierlaire, M. Thémans, N. Zufferey, A Heuristic for Nonlinear Global Optimization, INFORMS Journal on Computing 22 (1), 59 – 70, 2010
• A. Hertz, D. Schindl, N. Zufferey, A Solution Method for a Car Fleet Management Problem with Maintenance Constraints, Journal of Heuristics 15 (5), 425 – 450, 2009
• S. Varone, N. Zufferey, Three tabu search methods for the MI-FAP applied to 802.11 networks, RAIRO – Operations Research 42, 501 – 514, 2008
• N. Zufferey, P. Amstutz, P. Giaccari, Graph Colouring Approaches for a Satellite Range Scheduling Problem, Journal of Scheduling 11 (4), 263 – 277, 2008
• A. Hertz, M. Plumettaz, N. Zufferey, Variable Space Search for Graph Coloring, Discrete Applied Mathematics 156 (13), 2551 – 2560, 2008
• I. Bloechliger, N. Zufferey, A Graph Coloring Heuristic using Partial Solutions and a Reactive Tabu Scheme, Computers & Operations Research 35, 960 – 975, 2008
• P. Galinier, A. Hertz, N. Zufferey, An Adaptive Memory Algorithm for the Graph Coloring Problem, Discrete Applied Mathematics 156 (2), 267 – 279, 2008
• L. Luyet, S. Varone, N. Zufferey, An Ant Algorithm for the Steiner Tree Problem in Graphs, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4448, 42 – 51, M. Giacobini et al. (Eds.): EvoWorkshops, 2007
• E. A. Silver, N. Zufferey, Inventory Control of Raw Material under Stochastic and Seasonal Lead Times, International Journal of Production Research 43 (24), 5161 – 5179, 2005
• A. Hertz, D. Schindl, N. Zufferey, Lower Bounding and Tabu Search Procedures for the Frequency Assignment Problem with Polarization Constraints, 4OR 3 (2), 139 – 161, 2005
• C. Avanthay, A. Hertz, N. Zufferey, A Variable Neighborhood Search for Graph Coloring, European Journal of Operational Research 151, 379 – 388, 2003

In Conference Proceedings with review process

• N. Zufferey, Successful Elements for Developing Job-Shop Scheduling Metaheuristics, Proceedings of the Advances in Business-Related Scientific Research Conference, ABSRC 2013, Venice, Italy, March 20 – 22, 2013
• N. Zufferey, How to Build and Evaluate a Solution Method: an Illustration for the Vehicle Routing Problem, Proceedings of the International Conference on Econometrics, Operations Research and Statistics, ICEORS 2013, Zurich, Switzerland, January 14 – 15, 2013
• N. Zufferey, Ant Local Search for Combinatorial Optimization, Proceedings of the 7^th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Networks, Information and Computing Systems, BIONETICS 2012, Lugano, Switzerland, December 10 – 12, 2012
• I. Bloechliger, N. Zufferey, Local search techniques for a job scheduling problem with overlapping costs when preemptions are allowed, Proceedings of 4^th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META 2012, Sousse, Tunisia, October 27 – 31, 2012
• N. Zufferey, Dynamic tabu search with simulation for a resource allocation problem within a production environment, Proceedings of 4^th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META 2012, Sousse, Tunisia, October 27 – 31, 2012
• D. Schindl, N. Zufferey, Ant Local Search for Fuel Supply of Trains in America, Proceedings of the 1^st IEEE International Conference on Logistics Operations Management, LOM 2012, Le Havre, France, October 17 – 19, 2012
• J. Respen, N. Zufferey, E. Amaldi, Heuristics for a multi-machine multi-objective job scheduling problem with smoothing costs, Proceedings of the 1^st IEEE International Conference on Logistics Operations Management, LOM 2012, Le Havre, France, October 17 – 19, 2012
• S. Thevenin, N. Zufferey, M. Widmer, Tabu search to minimize regular objective functions for a single machine scheduling problem with rejected jobs, setups and time windows, Proceedings of the 9^th International Conference on Modeling, Optimization & Simulation, MOSIM 2012, Bordeaux, France, June 6 – 8, 2012
• M. Vasquez, N. Zufferey, Consistent Neighborhood Search for Constrained Assignment Problems, Proceedings of the 9^th International Conference on Modeling, Optimization & Simulation, MOSIM 2012, Bordeaux, France, June 6 – 8, 2012
• N. Zufferey, N. Cheikhrouhou, Tabu search using variable amplitudes for dimensioning an assembly/disassembly production system, Proceedings of the 13^th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, PMS 2012, 320 – 323, Leuven, Belgium, April 1 – 4, 2012
• 11.M. Verma, V. Verter, N. Zufferey. A population exposure approach to planning intermodal transportation of hazardous materials, Proceedings of the 15^th Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, 95 – 101, Calcutta, India, December 16 – 18, 2011
• 12.M. Verma, V. Verter, N. Zufferey, A meta-heuristic approach to planning intermodal transportation of hazardous materials, Proceedings of the 1^st Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, Bangalore, India, December, 2011
• N. Zufferey, F. Glover, A Reconstructive Evolutionary Metaheuristic for the Vertex Coloring Problem, Proceedings of the 23^rd Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence, BNAIC 2011, 352 – 357, Gent, Belgium, November 3 – 4, 2011
• D. Schindl, N. Zufferey, A local search for refueling locomotives, Proceedings of the 54^th annual conference of the Administrative Science Association of Canada, Production & Operations Management Division, ASAC 2011, 53 – 61, Montreal, Canada, July 2 – 5, 2011
• N. Zufferey, O. Labarthe, D. Schindl, Tabu search for a project scheduling problem with incompatibility and assignment costs, Proceedings of the 12^th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, PMS 2010, 391 – 395, Tours, France, April 26 – 28, 2010
• M. Bierlaire, M. Thémans, N. Zufferey, Nonlinear global optimization relevant to discrete choice models estimation, Proceedings of the 7^th Swiss Transport Research Conference, STRC 2007, Ascona, Switzerland, September 12 – 14, 2007
• M. Bierlaire, M. Thémans, N. Zufferey, A heuristic for nonlinear global optimization relevant to discrete choice models estimation. Proceedings of the 6^th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis, TRISTAN 2007, Phuket Island, Thailand, June 10 – 15, 2007
• A. Hertz, N. Zufferey, A New Ant Colony Algorithm Graph Coloring, Proceedings of the Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization, NICSO 2006, 51 – 60, Granada, Spain, June 29 – 30, 2006
• N. Zufferey, M. Studer, E. A. Silver, Tabu Search for a Car Sequencing Problem, Proceedings of the 19^th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, 457 – 462, FLAIRS 2006, Melbourne, USA, May 11 – 13, 2006
• P. Galinier, A. Hertz, N. Zufferey, Adaptive Memory Algorithms for Graph Coloring, Proceedings of the Computational Symposium on Graph Coloring and its Generalizations, In D. S. Johnson, A. Mehrotra, M. Trick (eds), 75 – 82, COLOR 2002, Ithaca, USA, September, 2002

Chapter of books

• N. Zufferey, Modèles et méthodes de coloration de graphes pour divers problèmes de production, Chapter in Métaheuristiques pour l’ordonnancement de la production (Eds B. Jarboui, P. Siarry, J. Teghem), Hermès-Lavoisier, France, accepted in 2012
• N. Zufferey, M. Verma, Tabu Search for an Intermodal Transportation Problem, Chapter 1 (pp 7 – 20) in Selected Logistics Problems and Solutions (Eds M. Fertsch, K. Grzybowska), Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology, Poland, 2011
• A. Hertz, N. Zufferey, Vertex coloring using ant colonies, Chapter in Artificial Ants (Eds N. Monmarché, F. Guinand, P. Siarry), Iste & Wiley, France, 2010 (October), ISBN: 978-1-8482-1194-0
• A. Hertz, N. Zufferey, La coloration des sommets d’un graphe par colonies de fourmis, Chapter 11 (pp 261 – 279) in Fourmis Artificielles – Tome 1, Des bases algorithmiques aux réalisations avancées (Eds N. Monmarché, F. Guinand, P. Siarry), Hermès-Lavoisier, France, 2009 (October), ISBN: 978-2-7462-2119-2