CASTILLO-SALAZAR, J. ARTURO, LANDA-SILVA, DARIO and QU, RONG, 2016. Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problems Literature Survey and Computational Study Annals of Operations Research. 239(1), 39-67 KENDALL, G., BAI, R., BLAZEWICZ, J., CAUSMAECKER, P. D., GENDREAU, M., JOHN, R., LI, J., MCCOLLUM, B., PESCH, E., QU, R., SABAR, N., BERGHE, G. V. and YEE, A. S. V., 2016. Good Laboratory practice for Optimisation Research Journal of Operational Research Society. 66(11), 1-14 Z. WANG, H. XING, T. LI, Y.YANG, R. QU, AND Y. PAN, 2016. A Modified Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Network Coding Resource Minimization IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. (In Press.)
J. ARTURO CASTILLO-SALAZAR, D. LANDA-SILVA, R. QU, 2016. Workforce scheduling and routing problems: literature survey and computational study Annals of Operations Research. (In Press.)
BINHUI CHEN, RONG QU, RUIBIN BAI AND HISAO ISHIBUCHI, 2016. A Variable Neighbourhood Search Algorithm with Compound Neighbourhoods for VRPTW: 2016 International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES'16) In: 2016 International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES'16).
YAN JIN, RONG QU, JASON ATKIN, 2016. Constrained Portfolio Optimisation: the state-of-the-art Markowitz Models In: 2016 International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES'16).
F. HE, 2016. Hybridising Local Search with Branch-and-Bound for Cnonstrained Portfolio Selection Problems In: The 30th EUROPEAN Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS'16).
RL PINHEIRO, D LANDA-SILVA, R. QU and E YANAGA, 2016. Towards an Efficient API for Optimisation Problems Data Avoiding the Drawback of Relying on Built-in Garbage Collectors In: The 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS'16).
2016. Domain Transformation in Nurse Scheduling In: National Innovation and Invention Competition Through Exhibition 2015 (iCompEx'15).
Y. WANG, L. SUN, R. QU, G. LI, 2015. Price and Service Competition with Maintenance Service Bundling Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 24(2), 168-189 Z. WANG, H. XING, T. LI, Y. YANG, R. QU, 2015. An Improved MOEA/D for QoS Oriented Multimedia Multicasting with Network Coding In: 8th International Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications (MOBIMEDIA 2015).
T. CUI, R. BAI, A.J. PARKES, F. HE, R. QU, J. LI, 2015. A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for a Two-Stage Stochastic Portfolio Optimization With Uncertain Asset Prices In: The 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'2015).
F. HE R. QU, AND R. JOHN, 2015. A Compromise Based Fuzzy Goal Programming Approach for Multi-objective Portfolio Optimisation In: 29th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (ECMS 2015).
E.K. BURKE, R. QU and A. SOGHIER, 2014. Adaptive Selection of Heuristics for Improving Exam Timetables Annals of OR. 218(1), 129-145 H. XING, R. QU, G. KENDALL and R. BAI, 2014. A Path-Oriented Encoding Evolutionary Algorithm for Network Coding Resource Minimization Journal of the Operational Research Society. 65, 1261–1277 EDWARD KENT, JASON ATKIN and RONG QU, 2014. Vehicle Routing in a Forestry Commissioning Operation Using Ant Colony Optimisation Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Theory and Practice of Natural Computing. 8890, 95-106
E.K. BURKE, T. CURTOIS, R. QU AND G. VANDEN BERGHE, 2013. A Time Pre-defined Variable Depth Search for Nurse Rostering INFORMS Journal on Computing. (In Press.)
S.K.N. ABDUL RAHIM, A. BARGIELA, R. QU, 2013. Domain Transformation Approach to Deterministic Optimization of Examination Timetables Artificial Intelligence Research. 2(1), 122-138 M.HADWAN, M. AYOB, N.R. SABAR, R. QU, 2013. A Harmony Search Algorithm for Nurse Rostering Problems Information Sciences. 233, 126–140 SABAR, N. R., AYOB, M., KENDALL, G. and QU, R., 2013. Grammatical Evolution Hyper-heuristic for Combinatorial Optimization problems IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 17(6), 840-861 BURKE, E.K., GENDREAU, M., HYDE, M., KENDALL, G., OCHOA, G., 'OZCAN, E. and QU, R., 2013. Hyper-heuristics: A survey of the state of the art Journal of the Operational Research Society. 64(12), 1695-1724 SABAR, NASSER R., AYOB, MASRI, KENDALL, GRAHAM and QU, RONG, 2013. Grammatical Evolution Hyper-Heuristic for Combinatorial Optimization Problems IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION. 17(6), 840-861 BURKE, EDMUND K., CURTOIS, TIMOTHY, QU, RONG and BERGHE, GREET VANDEN, 2013. A Time Predefined Variable Depth Search for Nurse Rostering INFORMS JOURNAL ON COMPUTING. 25(3), 411-419 N.R. SABAR, M. AYOB, G. KENDALL, R. QU, 2012. A Honey-bee Mating Optimization Algorithm for Educational Timetabling Problems European Journal of Operational Research. 216(3), 533-543 E.K. BURKE, N. PHAM, R. QU, J. YELLEN, 2012. Linear Combinations of Heuristics for Examination Timetabling Annals of OR. 194(1), 89-109 J. LI, E.K. BURKE, T. CURTOIS, S. PETROVIC AND R. QU, 2012. The Falling Tide Algorithm: a New Multi-objective Approach for Complex Workforce Scheduling Omega – International Journal of Management Science. 40(3), 283-293 BAI, R., KENDALL, G., QU, R. and ATKIN, J., 2012. Tabu assisted guided local search approaches for freight service network design Information Sciences. 189, 266-281 B. MCCOLLUM, P. MCMULLAN, A.J. PARKES, E.K. BURKE and R. QU, 2012. A New Model for Automated Examination Timetabling Annals of Operations Research. 194(1), 291-315 BRUCKER P, QU R and BURKE E.K., 2011. Personnel Scheduling: Models and Complexity European Journal of Operational Research. 210(3), 467-473 P. BRUCKER, E.K. BURKE, T. CURTOIS, R. QU* AND G. VANDEN BERGHE, 2010. A Shift Sequence Based Approach for Nurse Scheduling and a New Benchmark Dataset Journal of Heuristics. 16(4), 559-573 E.K. BURKE, R. QU AND A. SOGHIER, 2010. Adaptive Selection of Heuristics for Improving Constructed Exam Timetables In: The 8th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2010).
E.K. BURKE, T. CURTOIS, R. QU AND G. VANDEN BERGHE, 2010. A Scatter Search for the Nurse Rostering Problem Journal of Operational Research Society. 61, 1667-1679 B. MCCOLLUM, P. MCMULLAN, B. PAECHTER, R. LEWIS, A. SCHAERF, L. DI GASPERO, A. J. PARKES, R. QU, AND E.K. BURKE, 2010. Setting the Research Agenda in Automated Timetabling: The Second International Timetabling Competition INFORMS Journal of Computing. 22(1), 120-130 BURKE, EK, ECKERSLEY, AJ, MCCOLLUM, B, PETROVIC, S and QU, R, 2010. Hybrid Variable Neighbourhood Approaches To University Exam Timetabling European Journal Of Operational Research. 206(1), 46-53 G. OCHOA, R. QU AND E.K. BURKE, 2009. Analyzing the Landscape of a Graph Based Hyper-heuristic for Timetabling Problems In: The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO'09). 341-348
R. QU, F. HE AND E.K. BURKE, 2009. Hybridizing Integer Programming Models with an Adaptive Decomposition Approach for Exam Timetabling Problems In: The 4th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling: Theory and Applications 2009 (MISTA 2009). 435-446
S. KHATIJAH NOR ABDUL RAHIM, A. BARGIELA, RONG QU, 2009. Granular Modelling of Exam to Slot Allocation In: The 23rd EUROPEAN Conference on Modelling and Simulation.
Y. XU AND R. QU, 2009. A GRASP approach for the delay-constrained multicast routing problem In: The 4th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling: Theory and Applications 2009 (MISTA 2009). 93-104
QU, R, BURKE, E.K, MCCOLLUM, B, MERLOT, L.T.G. and LEE, S.Y., 2009. A Survey of Search Methodologies and Automated System Development for Examination Timetabling Journal of Scheduling. 12(1), 55-89 QU, R., BURKE, E.K. and MCCOLLUM, B., 2009. Adaptive automated construction of hybrid heuristics for exam timetabling and graph colouring problems European Journal of Operational Research. 198(2), 392-404 G. BASKARAN, A. BARGIELA AND R. QU, 2009. Hierarchical Method for Nurse Rostering based on Granular Pre-processing of Constraints In: The 23rd EUROPEAN Conference on Modelling and Simulation.
E.K. BURKE, R. QU AND A. SOGHIER, 2009. Adaptive Selection of Heuristics within a GRASP for Exam Timetabling Problems In: The 4th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling: Theory and Applications 2009 (MISTA 2009). 409-423
R. QU, Y. XU, G. KENDALL, 2009. A Variable Descent Search Algorithm for Delay-Constrained Least-Cost Multicast Routing In: Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN (LION 3), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5851. 15-29
BURKE, E.K., CURTOIS, T.E., POST, G., QU, R. and VELTMAN, B., 2008. A hybrid heuristic ordering and variable neighbourhood search for the nurse rostering problem European Journal of Operational Research. 188(2), 330-341 BURKE, E.K., MCCOLLUM, B., MEISELS, A., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2007. A graph-based hyper-heuristic for educational timetabling problems European Journal of Operational Research. 176(1), 177-192 AYOB, M., MD. AB. MALIK A,, ABDULLAH, S., HAMDEN, A.R., KENDALL, G. and QU, R., 2007. Solving a Practical Examination Timetabling Problem: A Case Study: Proceedings of Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2007 Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 611-624
R. QU* AND E.K. BURKE, 2007. Adaptive Decomposition and Construction for Examination Timetabling Problems In: Proceedings of the 3rd Multidisciplinary International Scheduling: Theory and Applications 2007 (MISTA 2007). 418-425
J.R. CARRINGTON, N. PHAM, R. QU, J. YELLEN, 2007. An Enhanced Weighted Graph Model for Examination / Course Timetabling In: Proceedings of 26th Workshop of the UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group 2007 (PlanSIG 2007).
BURKE, E.K., MACCARTHY, B.L., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2006. Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems Journal of the Operational Research Society. 57(2), 148-162 BURKE, E.K., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2006. Case-based heuristic selection for timetabling problems Journal of Scheduling. 9(2), 115-132 BURKE, E., DROR, M., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2005. Hybrid Graph Heuristics Within a Hyper-Heuristic Approach to Exam Timetabling Problems OPERATIONS RESEARCH COMPUTER SCIENCE INTERFACE SERIES. VOL 29, 79-92
QU, R. and BURKE, E., 2005. Hybrid variable neighbourhood hyper-heuristics for exam timetabling problems In: Meta-heuristic International Conference 2005 (MIC'05).
BRUCKER, P., QU, R., BURKE, E. and POST, G., 2005. A decomposition, construction and post-processing approach for a specific nurse rostering problem In: 2nd Multi-disciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory & Applications. MISTA 2005. 397-406
BURKE, E., ECKERSLEY, A., MCCOLLUM, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2004. Analysing similarity in exam timetabling In: 5th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT04). 89-106
BURKE, E., ECKERSLEY, A., MCCOLLUM, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2003. Similarity measures for exam timetabling problems In: 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2003). 120-136
BURKE, E., ECKERSLEY, A., MCCOLLUM, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2003. Using simulated annealing to study behaviour of various exam timetabling data sets In: 5th Metaheuristics International Conference 2003 (MIC2003).
BURKE, E.K., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2002. Case-based heuristic selection for examination timetabling In: 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning - SEAL'02. 277-281
PETROVIC, R. and QU, R., 2002. Case-Based Reasoning as a Heuristic Selector in a Hyper-Heuristic for Course Timetabling Problems In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information Enginee.
BURKE, E., MACCARTHY, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2002. Knowledge Discovery in a Hyper-Heuristic for Course Timetabling Using Case-Based Reasoning In: PATAT 2002, 4th international conference on the Practice And Theory of Automated Timetabling.
BURKE, E.K., MACCARTHY, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2001. Case-based reasoning in course timetabling: an attribute graph approach In: Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development : 4th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2001, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 30 - August 2, 2001, Proceedings. 90-104
BURKE, E.K., MACCARTHY, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2000. Structured cases in case-based reasoning-re-using and adapting cases for time-tabling problems Knowledge Based Systems. 13(2-3), 159-165 BURKE, E. K., MACCARTHY, B., PETROVIC, S. and QU, R., 2000. Structured Cases in CBR - Re-using and Adapting Cases for Time-Tabling Problems RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. [NO] 16, 191-203 N.R. SABAR, M. AYOB, G. KENDALL AND R. QU, Roulette wheel graph colouring for solving examination timetabling problems In: The 3rd Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA'09), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5573. 463-470