Clustering; Combinatorial optimisation; Higher Order Neural Networks; Hopfield neural networks, non-linear representation, vector Quantisation,

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (1998) A higher order Hopfield network for vector quantisation. Neural Computing & Applications, 7 (2). pp. 99-106. ISSN 0941-0643 electronic 1433-3058

Scheduling, Uniform parallel machines, Power of preemption

Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2018) Parametric analysis of the quality of single preemption schedules on three uniform parallel machines. Annals of Operations Research, 298 (1-2). pp. 469-495. ISSN 0254-5330 (Print), 1572-9338 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2952-6)

Scheduling, single machine, positional effect, cumulative effect, total completion time, V-shaped V-shaped

Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly (2019) Refined conditions for V-shaped optimal sequencing on a single machine to minimize total completion time under combined effects. Journal of Scheduling, 23 (6). pp. 665-680. ISSN 1094-6136 (Print), 1099-1425 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-019-00628-4)

Scheduling, uniform parallel machines, power of preemption, quality of a single preemption

Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2018) Schedules with a single preemption on uniform parallel machines. Discrete Applied Mathematics. ISSN 0166-218X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2018.03.007)

Scheduling; Uniform parallel machines; Power of preemption

Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2014) Single parameter analysis of power of preemption on two and three uniform machines. Discrete Optimization, 12. pp. 26-46. ISSN 1572-5286 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2013.12.004)

Scheduling; Total completion time; Power of pre-emption; Uniformly related machines

Epstein, Leah, Levin, Asif, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly (2017) Power of preemption for minimizing total completion time for uniform parallel machines. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 31 (1). pp. 101-123. ISSN 0895-4801 (Print), 1095-7146 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1137/16M1066610)

autonomic computing, interoperability, datacentre, multi-manager

Eze, Thaddeus, Anthony, Richard, Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2013) A methodology for evaluating complex interactions between multiple autonomic managers. In: The Ninth International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS 2013). Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, USA, pp. 53-56. ISBN 9781612082578

autonomic computing, trends, direction

Eze, Thaddeus O., Anthony, Richard J., Walshaw, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2012) Autonomic computing in the first Decade: trends and direction. In: ICAS 2012, The Eighth International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems. IARIA Conferences . IARIA, pp. 80-85. ISBN 978-1-61208-187-8

autonomicity, level of autonomicity, autonomic system, trustworthiness, metrics, autonomic marketing, sensor selection, LoA

Eze, Thaddeus, Anthony, Richard, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2012) A generic approach towards measuring level of autonomicity in adaptive systems. International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, 5 (3 & 4). pp. 553-566. ISSN 1942-2679

autonomicity, level of autonomicity, autonomic system, trustworthiness, metrics

Eze, Thaddeus, Anthony, Richard, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2012) A technique for measuring the level of autonomicity of self-managing systems. In: ICAS 2012, The Eighth International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems. IARIA Conferences . IARIA, pp. 8-13. ISBN 978-1-61208-187-8

case-base reasoning, intelligent information retrieval, knowledge management, material selection, tutoring, qualitative attributes,

Mejasson, Patrick, Petridis, Miltos, Knight, Brian, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Norman, Phil (2001) Intelligent design assistant (IDA): a case base reasoning system for material and design. Materials and Design, 22 (3). pp. 163-170. ISSN 0261-3069 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-3069(00)00066-2)

clustering, coarsening, multilevel refinement, P-median, segment transfers, Tabu search

Rodney, Demane, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2008) Multilevel approaches applied to the capacitated clustering problem. In: Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Scientific Computing, CSC 2008, July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. CSREA Press, USA, pp. 271-277. ISBN 9781601320599

computer architecture, genetic algorithms, nuclear reactors, reactor refueling, trees (mathematics), FUELGEN expert system, expert systems

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (1998) Exploring genetic alternative concepts for FUELGEN. New Review of Applied Expert Systems, 4. pp. 185-194. ISSN 1361-0244

computer architecture, genetic algorithms, trees (mathematics), FUELGEN expert system, expert systems

Zhao, J., Knight, B., Nissan, E., Petridis, M. and Soper, A.J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (1998) The FUELGEN alternative: an evolutionary approach. The architecture. New Review of Applied Expert Systems, 4. pp. 177-183. ISSN 1361-0244

computer networks, genetic algorithms,

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and McKenzie, S. (1997) The use of a biased heuristic by a genetic algorithm applied to the design of multipoint connections in a local access network. IET Seminar Digest, 446. pp. 113-116. ISSN 0537-9989 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1049/cp:19971165)

evolutionary search, genetic algorithms, graph-partitioning, multilevel optimisation

Soper, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 , Walshaw, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Cross, M. (2004) A combined evolutionary search and multilevel optimisation approach to graph-partitioning. Journal of Global Optimization, 29 (2). pp. 225-241. ISSN 0925-5001 (Print), 1573-2916 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOGO.0000042115.44455.f3)

evolutionary search, genetic algorithms, graph-partitioning, multilevel optimisation,

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 , Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Cross, Mark (2000) A combined evolutionary search and multilevel approach to graph partitioning. GECCO-2000: proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference : a joint meeting of the Ninth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-2000) and the Fifth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-2000), July 10-12, 2000, Las V. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, USA, pp. 674-681. ISBN 978-1558607088

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 , Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Cross, Mark (2000) A combined evolutionary search and multilevel optimisation approach to graph partitioning. Technical Report. CMS Press, London, UK. (doi:Tech. Rep. 00/IM/58)

flow shop scheduling, scheduling with transportation, approximation algorithm, linear relaxation

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2007) An improved approximation algorithm for the two-machine flow shop scheduling problem with an interstage transporter. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 18 (3). pp. 565-591. ISSN 0129-0541 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1142/S012905410700484X)

flow shop scheduling, scheduling with transportation, approximation algorithm, linear relaxation,

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2007) An approximation algorithm for the two-machine flow shop with a single transporter. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (ijfcs), 18 (3). pp. 565-591. ISSN 0129-0541 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1142/S012905410700484X)

flow shop, open shop, minimum makespan

Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2015) A cyclical search for the two machine flow shop and open shop to minimise finishing time. Journal of Scheduling, 18 (3). pp. 311-314. ISSN 1094-6136 (Print), 1099-1425 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-013-0356-7)

fuzzy logic, nuclear science,

Nissan, Ephraim, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 , Zhao, Jun, Knight, Brian and Petridis, Miltos (1998) Fuel reload pattern design within a family of hybrid architectures. In: 3rd International FLINS Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies for Nuclear Science and Industry, 14-16 September, 1998, Antwerp, Belgium.

fuzzy systems, nuclear engineering, soft computing,

Nissan, Ephraim, Galperin, Alex, Zhao, Jun, Knight, Brian and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2000) From FUELCON to FUELGEN: tools for fuel reload pattern design. In: Ruan, Da, (ed.) Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing in Nuclear Engineering, ed. Da Ruan, Publ. Springer Verlag,. Physica Verlag Heidelberg, pp. 432-448. ISBN 978-3790812510

genetic programming,

Zhao, Jun, Kearney, Garrett and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (1996) Emotional expression classification by genetic programming. In: Genetic Programming 1996 Conference (GP-96), 28-31 July 1996, Stanford University, United States. (Unpublished)

genetic programming, algorithms

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2001) A generational scheme for partitioning graphs. In: Spector, Lee and Goodman, Erik D., (eds.) GECCO-2001: proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference: a joint meeting of the sixth annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-2001) and the tenth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-2001): July 7-11, 2001. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, USA, pp. 607-614. ISBN 978-1558607743

graph, drawing, force directed placement, multilevel refinement

Crawford, Carl, Walshaw, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2012) A multilevel force-directed graph drawing algorithm using multilevel global force approximation. In: Information Visualization - Visualisation, BioMedical Visualization, Visualisation on Built and Rural Environments & Geometric Modelling and Imaging. IEEE, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 454-459. ISBN 978-0769547718 ISSN 1550-6037 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2012.78)

heuristics, metaheuristic, combinatorial optimization, vehicle routing, multilevel refinement, aggregation techniques

Rodney, Demane, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2007) The application of multilevel refinement to the vehicle routing problem. 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York, USA, pp. 212-219. ISBN 9781424407040 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/SCIS.2007.367692)

machine scheduling; uniform parallel machines; power of preemption;

Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2014) Power of preemption on uniform parallel machines. In: 17th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX’14) / 18th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM’14). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) (28). Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Dagstuhl, Germany, pp. 392-402. ISBN 9783939897743 ISSN 1868-8969 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.392)

manufacturing plant control, automation, IT

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2006) Two-machine flow shop scheduling with an interstage transporter: two shipments. In: Dolgui, Alexandre, Morel, Gerard and Pereira, Carlos Eduardo, (eds.) Information Control Problems in Manufacturing 2006: A Proceedings volume from the 12th IFAC International Symposium, St Etienne, France, 17-19 May 2006. IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 3 . Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, UK, pp. 27-32. ISBN 978-0-08-044654-7

metaheuristic, combinatorial optimization, vehicle routing, multilevel refinement, coarsening, segment transfers

Rodney, Demane, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2007) Multilevel refinement strategies for the capacity vehicle routing problem. International Journal of Information Technology & Intelligent Computing, 2 (3).

neural networks, algorithms

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Robbins, P. (1998) A redundant representation for use by genetic algorithms on parameter optimisation problems. In: International Conference on Artificial Neural Net and Genetic Algorithms, 1997, 1-4 April, 1997, Norwich, England.

nuclear engineering

Zhao, J., Knight, B., Nissan, E. and Soper, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (1998) FUELGEN: effective evolutionary design of refuellings for pressurized water reactors. Computers and Artificial Intelligence, 17 (2-3). pp. 105-125. ISSN 0232-0274

nuclear engineering,

Zhao, Jun, Knight, Brian, Nissan, Ephraim and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (1998) FuelGen: a genetic algorithm-based system for fuel loading pattern design in nuclear power reactors. Expert Systems with Applications, 14 (4). pp. 461-470. ISSN 0957-4174 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-4174(98)00005-0)

nuclear fuel,

Nissan, Ephraim, Galperin, Alex, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 , Knight, Brian and Zhao, Jun (2001) Future states for a present-state estimate, in the contextual perspective of in-core nuclear fuel management. CASYS: International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems, 9. pp. 256-271. ISSN 1373-5411

scheduling with transportation, open shop, approximation algorithm,

Lushchakova, Irina N., Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2008) Transporting jobs through a two-machine open shop. Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 56 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 0894-069X (Print), 1520-6750 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.20323)

scheduling with transportation, parallel machines, FPTAS,

Kellerer, Hans, Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2010) Transporting jobs through a processing center with two parallel machines. In: Wu, Weili and Daescu, Ovidiu, (eds.) Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 4th International Conference, COCOA 2010, Kailua-Kona, HI, USA, December 18-20, 2010, Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (6508). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany, pp. 408-422. ISBN 978364274575 ISSN 0302-9743 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17458-2_33)

scheduling with transportation, parallel machines, approximation scheme,

Kellerer, Hans, Soper, Alan J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2012) Preemptive scheduling on two identical parallel machines with a single transporter. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 25 (2). pp. 279-307. ISSN 1382-6905 (Print), 1573-2886 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-012-9511-x)

trustworthiness, autonomicity, validation, certification

Eze, Thaddeus O., Anthony, Richard J., Walshaw, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2011) The challenge of validation for autonomic and self-managing systems. In: ICAS 2011: Seventh International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems. IARIA, pp. 128-133. ISBN 9781612081342

trustworthy architecture, trustability, validation, autonomic marketing, autonomic system, dependability

Eze, Thaddeus O., Anthony, Richard J., Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 and Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 (2012) A new architecture for trustworthy autonomic systems. In: EMERGING 2012: The Fourth International Conference on Emerging Network Intelligence. Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, USA, pp. 62-68. ISBN 9781622763986

unrelated parallel machines; power of preemption; quality of a single preemption

Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Strusevich, Vitaly (2022) Preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling on two unrelated parallel machines. Journal of Scheduling, 2022. ISSN 1094-6136 (Print), 1099-1425 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00753-7)

vehicle routing, transportation

Rodney, Demane, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2006) Multilevel refinement for the vehicle routing problem. In: Odysseus 2006, Third International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, 23-26 May, 2006, Altea, Spain.

vehicle routing, transportation,

Rodney, Demane, Soper, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-0901-9803 and Walshaw, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0003-0253-7779 (2005) Multilevel refinement for the vehicle routing problem. Proceedings of PlanSIG 2005, 24th Annual Workshop of UK Planning & Scheduling Special Interest Group. pp. 96-97. ISSN 1368 5708