This thesis presents two applications of combinatorial optimization. The first part contains a detailed description of a conference scheduling problem. We model the problem as a symmetric clustering problem, or a variant of minimum k -partition we call capacitated k -partition .…
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Poor cost performance of construction projects has been a major concern for both contractors and clients. The effective management of risk is thus critical to the success of any construction project and the importance of risk management has grown as projects have become more com…
The selection of the most appropriate traffic control actions to solve non-recurrent traffic congestion is a complex task which requires significant expert knowledge and experience. In this thesis we develop and investigate the application of an intelligent traffic control decis…
The operational management of Water Distribution Systems (WDS), particularly under failure conditions when the behaviour of a WDS is not well understood, is a challenging problem. The research presented in this thesis describes the development of a methodology for risk-based dia…
Because critical infrastructure (CI) is considered to be the backbone of a nation's livelihood, the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) program was established in 1998 by the American President as a directive to ensure the United States' security and to keep it safe from an…