Ender Özcan

Contact

• workRoom C41 School of Computer Science
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 95 15544
• fax0115 846 7877
• ender.ozcan@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://cs.nott.ac.uk/~exo

Research Summary

My research interests and activities lie at the interface of Computer Science and Operational Research . Intelligent decision support systems, search and optimization (combinatorial optimisation,… read more

Selected Publications

• E. ÖZCAN, B. BILGIN and E. E. KORKMAZ, 2008. A Comprehensive Analysis of Hyper-heuristics Intelligent Data Analysis. 12(1), 3-23
• ASIK, OB and OZCAN, E, 2009. Bidirectional Best-Fit Heuristic For Orthogonal Rectangular Strip Packing Annals Of Operations Research. 172(1), 405-427
• S. ABDUL-RAHMAN, E. K. BURKE, A. BARGIELA, B. MCCOLLUM and E. ÖZCAN, 2011. A Constructive Approach to Examination Timetabling based on Adaptive Decomposition and Ordering Annals of Operations Research.
• E. ÖZCAN, A. J. PARKES and A. ALKAN, 2012. The Interleaved Constructive Memetic Algorithm and its Application to Timetabling Computers & Operations Research. 39(10), 2310–2322

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Current Research

My research interests and activities lie at the interface of Computer Science and Operational Research . Intelligent decision support systems, search and optimization (combinatorial optimisation, constraint optimisation, multi-modal optimisation and multi-objective optimisation) using heuristics, local search, hyper-heuristics, meta-heuristics (in particular memetic algorithms, particle swarm optimisation), hybrid approaches and their theoretical foundations.

Modelling of and applications to the real world and theoretical problems (course timetabling, exam timetabling, presentation (jury) timetabling, room arrangement, employee scheduling, stock cutting, strip packing, SAT, 0-1 multiple knapsack problem, TSP) that are at the intersection of computer science and operational research, including grouping (data clustering, graph colouring and bin packing) problems.

• E. ÖZCAN, A. J. PARKES and A. ALKAN, 2012. The Interleaved Constructive Memetic Algorithm and its Application to Timetabling Computers & Operations Research. 39(10), 2310–2322
• S. ABDUL-RAHMAN, E. K. BURKE, A. BARGIELA, B. MCCOLLUM and E. ÖZCAN, 2011. A Constructive Approach to Examination Timetabling based on Adaptive Decomposition and Ordering Annals of Operations Research.
• BURKE, E. K, KENDALL, G., MISIR , M. and ÖZCAN, E., 2010. Monte Carlo hyper-heuristics for examination timetabling Annals of Operations Research. (In Press.)
• ÖZCAN,E., MISIR , M., OCHOA, G. and BURKE, E. K., 2010. A Reinforcement Learning - Great-Deluge Hyper-heuristic for Examination Timetabling International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing. 1(1), 39-59
• GIBBS, J., KENDALL , G. and ÖZCAN, E., 2010. Scheduling English Football Fixtures over the Holiday Period Using Hyper-heuristics. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science: 11th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature 6238. 496-505
• OCHOA, G and OZCAN, E, 2010. Special Issue On Hyper-Heuristics In Search And Optimization Journal Of Heuristics. 16(6), 745-748
• ÖZCAN, E. and BASARAN, C., 2009. A case study of memetic algorithms for constraint optimization Soft Computing: A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies and Applications. 13(8-9), 871-882
• ÖZCAN, E., BYKOV, Y, BIRBEN, M. and BURKE, E. K., 2009. Examination Timetabling Using Late Acceptance Hyper-heuristics In: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2009). 997-1004
• ASIK, OB and OZCAN, E, 2009. Bidirectional Best-Fit Heuristic For Orthogonal Rectangular Strip Packing Annals Of Operations Research. 172(1), 405-427
• E. ÖZCAN, B. BILGIN and E. E. KORKMAZ, 2008. A Comprehensive Analysis of Hyper-heuristics Intelligent Data Analysis. 12(1), 3-23
• BURKE, E. K., KENDALL, G., MISIR, M. and ÖZCAN, E., 2008. A Study of Simulated Annealing Hyperheuristics In: 7th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2008). 1-4
• BURKE, E. K., MISIR, M., OCHOA, G. and ÖZCAN, E., 2008. Learning Heuristic Selection in Hyperheuristics for Examination Timetabling In: 7th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2008). 1-4
• OZCAN, E and ONBASIOGLU, E, 2007. Memetic Algorithms For Parallel Code Optimization International Journal Of Parallel Programming. 35(1), 33-61
• OZCAN, E, BILGIN, B and KORKMAZ, EE, 2006. Hill Climbers And Mutational Heuristics In Hyperheuristics
• OZCAN, E, 2005. Memetic Algorithms For Nurse Rostering