This volume constitutes the post- conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search, ICVNS 2019, held in Rabat, Morocco, in October 2019.
The 13 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. The papers describe recent advances in methods and applications of variable neighborhood search.
A Reduced Variable Neighborhood Search Approach for Feature Selection in
Cancer Classification.- Basic VNS for a Variant of the Online Order Batching
Problem.- A VNS-Based Algorithm for the Mammography Unit Location Problem.- A
Hybrid Heuristic Algorithm for the Dial-a-Ride Problem.- Multi-Objective
Basic Variable Neighborhood Search for Portfolio Selection.- Local Search
Approach for the (r|p)-Centroid Problem Under 1 Metric.- Optimization of
Maintenance Planning and Routing Problems.- Variable Neighborhood Search for
Identical Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with a Single Server.- Basic
VNS for the Uncapacitated Single Allocation p-Hub Maximal Covering Problem.-
A Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithmic Approach for Estimating MDHMM
Parameters and Application in Credit Risk Evaluation for Online Peer-to-Peer
(P2P) Lending.- A Multi-Objective Metaheuristic for a Green UAV Grid Routing
Problem.- A VNS Approach for Batch Sequencing and Route Planning in Manual
Picking System withTime Windows.- Daily Scheduling and Routing of Home Health
Care with Multiple Availability Periods of Patients.
