Jacques Ferland
- Professeur associé
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle
Courriels
ferland@iro.umontreal.ca (Travail)
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Ph.D.
1971
, Informatique , Université Stanford (États-Unis)
Affiliations
Areas of Expertise
- Genetic algorithm
- Metaheuristic
- Decomposition methods
- Combinatorial problems
- Local search (optimization)
- Mathematical optimization
- Operations research
I am involved in fundamental and applied research projects. Using heuristic methods I have been dealing with timetabling problems issued from several contexts. More recently, my research interests also include applications in health care. I also develop experimental decision support systems to allow potential users to appreciate the benefit and the easiness of using these methods.
We have defined a general formulation for several timetabling problems. We have also done more fundamental research on heuristic techniques such as exchange procedures, Tabu search, simulated annealing and genetic algorithms to analyse their efficiency and to specify hybrids of these. Finally we have recently extended the analysis of generalized convexity for functions to study generalized motonone maps.
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Research projects Expand all Collapse all
CENTRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LES RESEAUX D'ENTREPRISE, LA LOGISTIQUE ET LE TRANSPORT (CIRRELT) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2015 - 2022
CENTRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LES RESEAUX D'ENTREPRISE, LA LOGISTIQUE ET LE TRANSPORT (CIRRELT) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2015 - 2022
METAHEURISTIQUE ET PROGRAMMATION MATHEMATIQUE Projet de recherche au Canada / 1994 - 2017
CENTRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LES RESEAUX D'ENTREPRISE, LA LOGISTIQUE ET LE TRANSPORT (CIRRELT) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2013 - 2016
MÉTAHEURISTIQUE ET PROGRAMMATION MATHÉMATIQUE Projet de recherche au Canada / 2011 - 2015
CENTRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LES RESEAUX D'ENTREPRISE, LA LOGISTIQUE ET LE TRANSPORT (CIRRELT) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2006 - 2014
CENTRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LES RESEAUX D'ENTREPRISE, LA LOGISTIQUE ET LE TRANSPORT (CIRRELT) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2006 - 2014
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- Publications dans des revues scientifiques
V. Parada, J.A. Ferland, M.Arias, P. Schwarzenberg, L.Vargas, ‘Heuristic Determination of Distribution Trees,’ IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Paper TPWRD-00375-2008.R3, to appear). [ pdf ]
P. Ortega, C. Oliva, J. A. Ferland, M. Cepeda, ‘Multiple Ant Colony System for a VRP Time Windows and Scheduled Loading’, Revista chelina de ingenieria 17 (3), 393-403 (2009). [ pdf ]
K. Moumene, J.A. Ferland, ‘Activity List Representation for a Generalization of the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem’, European Journal of Operational Research 199, 46-54 (2009). [ pdf ]
L. Pradenas, C. Alvarez, J.A. Ferland, ‘A Solution for the Aggregate Production Planning Problem in a Multi-Plant, Multi-Period and Multi-Product Environment’, Acta Mathematica Vietnamica 34(1), 11-17 (2009). [ pdf ]
A. Lamghari, J.A. Ferland, ‘Metaheuristic Methods Based on Tabu Search for Assigning Judges to Competitions’, Annals of Operations Research, special issue CISched (Online First). [ pdf ]
A. Dammak, A. Elloumi, H. Kamoun, J.A. Ferland, ‘Course Timetabling at a Tunisian University: A Case Study’, Journal of System Science & System Engineering 17(3), 334-352 (2008). [ pdf ]
J.J. Strodiot, J.P. Crouzeix, J.A. Ferland, V.H. Nguyen, ‘An Inexact Proximal Point Method for Solving Generalized Fractional Programs’, Journal of Global Optimization 42(1), 121-138 (2008). [ pdf ]
K. Moumene, J.A. Ferland, ‘New Representation to Reduce the Search Space for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem’, RAIRO 42(2), 215-228 (2008). [ pdf ]
J. P. Crouzeix, J. A. Ferland, V. H. Nguyen, ‘Revisiting Dinkelbach-Type Algorithms for Generalized Fractional Programs’, OPSEARCH 45(2), 97-110 (2008). [ pdf ]
V. Bouffard, J.A. Ferland, ‘Improving Simulated Annealing with Variable Neighborhood Search to Solve the Resource-constrained Scheduling Problem’, Journal of Scheduling 10, 375-386 (2007). [ pdf ]
J.A. Ferland, J.Amaya, M. Djuimo, ‘Application of a Particle Swarm Algorithm to the Capacitated Open Pit Mining’, in “Autonomous Robots and Agents” (S. Mukhopadhyay & G. Sen Gupta, Eds.), “Studies in Computational Intelligence” Vol. 76, Springer-Verlag, 127-134 (2007). [ pdf ]
A. D. Legües, J. A. Ferland, C. C. Ribeiro, J. R. Vega, A. Weintraub, ‘A Tabu Search Approach for Solving a Difficult Forest Harvesting Machine Location Problem’, European Journal of Operational Research 179, 788-805 (2007). [ pdf ]
- Publications dans des Proceedings
B. Elbenani, J.A. Ferland, V. Gascon, “Mathematical Programming Approach for Routing Home Care Nurses”, Proceedings of IEEM08, Singapore, 107-111, December 2008. [ pdf ]
A. Lamghari, J.A. Ferland, “Structured Neighborhood Tabu Search for Assigning Judges to Competitions”, Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CI-Sched 2007), Honolulu, 238-245, April 2007. [ pdf ]
V. Parada, J.A. Ferland, M.Arias, P. Schwarzenberg, L.Vargas, ‘Heuristic Determination of Distribution Trees,’ IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Paper TPWRD-00375-2008.R3, to appear). [ pdf ]
P. Ortega, C. Oliva, J. A. Ferland, M. Cepeda, ‘Multiple Ant Colony System for a VRP Time Windows and Scheduled Loading’, Revista chelina de ingenieria 17 (3), 393-403 (2009). [ pdf ]
K. Moumene, J.A. Ferland, ‘Activity List Representation for a Generalization of the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem’, European Journal of Operational Research 199, 46-54 (2009). [ pdf ]
L. Pradenas, C. Alvarez, J.A. Ferland, ‘A Solution for the Aggregate Production Planning Problem in a Multi-Plant, Multi-Period and Multi-Product Environment’, Acta Mathematica Vietnamica 34(1), 11-17 (2009). [ pdf ]
A. Lamghari, J.A. Ferland, ‘Metaheuristic Methods Based on Tabu Search for Assigning Judges to Competitions’, Annals of Operations Research, special issue CISched (Online First). [ pdf ]
A. Dammak, A. Elloumi, H. Kamoun, J.A. Ferland, ‘Course Timetabling at a Tunisian University: A Case Study’, Journal of System Science & System Engineering 17(3), 334-352 (2008). [ pdf ]
J.J. Strodiot, J.P. Crouzeix, J.A. Ferland, V.H. Nguyen, ‘An Inexact Proximal Point Method for Solving Generalized Fractional Programs’, Journal of Global Optimization 42(1), 121-138 (2008). [ pdf ]
K. Moumene, J.A. Ferland, ‘New Representation to Reduce the Search Space for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem’, RAIRO 42(2), 215-228 (2008). [ pdf ]
J. P. Crouzeix, J. A. Ferland, V. H. Nguyen, ‘Revisiting Dinkelbach-Type Algorithms for Generalized Fractional Programs’, OPSEARCH 45(2), 97-110 (2008). [ pdf ]
V. Bouffard, J.A. Ferland, ‘Improving Simulated Annealing with Variable Neighborhood Search to Solve the Resource-constrained Scheduling Problem’, Journal of Scheduling 10, 375-386 (2007). [ pdf ]
J.A. Ferland, J.Amaya, M. Djuimo, ‘Application of a Particle Swarm Algorithm to the Capacitated Open Pit Mining’, in “Autonomous Robots and Agents” (S. Mukhopadhyay & G. Sen Gupta, Eds.), “Studies in Computational Intelligence” Vol. 76, Springer-Verlag, 127-134 (2007). [ pdf ]
A. D. Legües, J. A. Ferland, C. C. Ribeiro, J. R. Vega, A. Weintraub, ‘A Tabu Search Approach for Solving a Difficult Forest Harvesting Machine Location Problem’, European Journal of Operational Research 179, 788-805 (2007). [ pdf ]
B. Elbenani, J.A. Ferland, V. Gascon, “Mathematical Programming Approach for Routing Home Care Nurses”, Proceedings of IEEM08, Singapore, 107-111, December 2008. [ pdf ]
A. Lamghari, J.A. Ferland, “Structured Neighborhood Tabu Search for Assigning Judges to Competitions”, Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CI-Sched 2007), Honolulu, 238-245, April 2007. [ pdf ]
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