RETRACTED: An Efficient Metaheuristic Approach for the Multi-Period Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem

Authors

  • A. Khattara Department of Electrical Engineering, Ferhat Abbas University Setif I, Setif, Algeria
  • W. R. Cherif-Khettaf LORIA, UMR 7503, University of Lorraine, France
  • M. Mostefai Electrical Engineering Department, Ferhat Abbes Setif 1 University, Setif, Algeria
Volume: 9 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 4718-4723 | October 2019 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.3091

Abstract

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and of co authors W. R. Cherif-Khettaf and M. Mostefai, as the article is largely based on work presented previously at an international conference by the same authors.

The conference paper is:

A. Khattara, W. R. Cherif-Khettaf and M. Mostefai, "Variable neighborhood search procedures for the multi-period technician routing and scheduling problem", 4th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), Spain, April 5-7, 2017

and the corresponding author of this submission was unaware of the publication of this conference's proceedings at the time of submission and review/publication of this paper. 

Keywords:

technician routing and scheduling problem (TRSP), variable neighborhood search (VNS), variable neighborhood descent (VND)

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Khattara, A., Cherif-Khettaf, W.R. and Mostefai, M. 2019. RETRACTED: An Efficient Metaheuristic Approach for the Multi-Period Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem. Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research. 9, 5 (Oct. 2019), 4718–4723. DOI:https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.3091.

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