Mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) optimisation constitutes a critical methodology in tackling complex decision-making problems where both discrete choices and continuous variables are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents a mixed-integer goal programming model for expense budgeting in a hospital nursing department. The model incorporates ...

We discuss the problem of sequencing precedence-constrained jobs on a single machine to minimize the average weighted completion time. This problem has attracted much attention in the mathematical ...