Fine-Tuning of Algorithms Using Fractional Experimental Designs and Local Search

Belarmino Adenso-Díaz
Belarmino Adenso-Díaz
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Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Campus de Viesques, Universidad de Oviedo, 33204-Gijón, Spain
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Manuel Laguna
Manuel Laguna
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Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0419
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Belarmino Adenso-Díaz

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Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Campus de Viesques, Universidad de Oviedo, 33204-Gijón, Spain

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Manuel Laguna

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Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0419

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Published Online:1 Feb 2006https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1050.0243

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Received:January 01, 1999
Accepted:December 01, 2004
Published Online:February 01, 2006

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Belarmino Adenso-Díaz, Manuel Laguna, (2006) Fine-Tuning of Algorithms Using Fractional Experimental Designs and Local Search. Operations Research 54(1):99-114.

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