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Combinatorial Optimization

Combinatorial Optimization is a branch of optimization that consists of finding an optimal object from a finite set of discrete possibilities, typically characterized by integer or binary variables and governed by combinatorial structures such as graphs, matroids, or permutations.

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Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44.6K citations

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Hierarchical Grouping to Optimize an Objective Function

Joe H. Ward · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1963 · 19.2K citations

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The Whale Optimization Algorithm

Seyedali Mirjalili, Andrew Lewis · Advances in Engineering Software · 2016 · 14K citations

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The Hungarian method for the assignment problem

Harold W. Kuhn · Naval Research Logistics Quarterly · 1955 · 12.6K citations

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A Formal Basis for the Heuristic Determination of Minimum Cost Paths

Peter Hart, Nils J. Nilsson, Bertram Raphael · IEEE Transactions on Systems Science and Cybernetics · 1968 · 12.3K citations

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    Quan-Ke Pan

    Liaocheng University, China

    163 publications · 16.4K citations

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    Gilbert Laporte

    HEC Montréal, Canada

    185 publications · 20.6K citations

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    Ling Wang

    Tsinghua University, China

    131 publications · 13.3K citations

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  4. IE
    Ignacio E. Grossmann

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    140 publications · 13K citations

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  5. LG
    Liang Gao

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

    156 publications · 12.4K citations

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    132 h-index

    982 publications

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  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    122 h-index

    1.1K publications

    96K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    112 h-index

    685 publications

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  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    107 h-index

    943 publications

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  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    104 h-index

    555 publications

    58.8K citations

  6. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    104 h-index

    1.4K publications

    82.5K citations

  7. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, China

    103 h-index

    1.5K publications

    93.1K citations

  8. HEC Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    99 h-index

    474 publications

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  1. European Journal of Operational Research

    2.5K publications · 185K citations

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  2. Operations Research

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

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  5. Mathematical Programming

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