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Larry W. Jacobs

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17

Publications

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Citations

15

H-Index

1990

Active since

Affiliations

Northern Illinois University(Current)

Florida State University

DePaul University

Larry W. Jacobs is an author at Northern Illinois University specializing in operations research, engineering, and logistics.

Top concepts

Operations ResearchEngineeringLogisticsInteger ProgrammingBusinessProduction SchedulingCombinatorial OptimizationSystems EngineeringManagementMathematical Programming

Publications per year

1990–2001

17

Publications

17

Implicit Modeling of Flexible Break Assignments in Optimal Shift Scheduling

Stephen E. Bechtold, Larry W. Jacobs · Management Science · 1990 · 199 citations

Mathematical Programming, Engineering, Industrial Engineering +24

Note: A local-search heuristic for large set-covering problems

Larry W. Jacobs, Michael J. Brusco · Naval Research Logistics (NRL) · 1995 · 153 citations

Heuristic Search, Covering Problems, Engineering +10

Improving Personnel Scheduling at Airline Stations

Michael J. Brusco, Larry W. Jacobs, Robert J. Bongiorno et al. · Operations Research · 1995 · 110 citations

Engineering, Flight Reserve Optimization, Logistics Optimization +18

A simulated annealing approach to the cyclic staff-scheduling problem

Michael J. Brusco, Larry W. Jacobs · Naval Research Logistics (NRL) · 1993 · 92 citations

Mathematical Programming, Simulated Annealing Approach, Rapid Convergence +12

Optimal Models for Meal-Break and Start-Time Flexibility in Continuous Tour Scheduling

Michael J. Brusco, Larry W. Jacobs · Management Science · 2000 · 77 citations

Mathematical Programming, Continuous Tour, Engineering +19

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