John A. Ford

According to our database, John A. Ford authored at least 7 papers between 2003 and 2011.

Collaborative distances:

• Dijkstra number of five.
• Erdős number of four.

2011

A Three-Term Conjugate Gradient Method with Sufficient Descent Property for Unconstrained Optimization.

Yasushi Narushima, Hiroshi Yabe, John A. Ford

SIAM J. Optim., 2011

2008

Multi-step nonlinear conjugate gradient methods for unconstrained minimization.

John A. Ford, Yasushi Narushima, Hiroshi Yabe

Comput. Optim. Appl., 2008

2007

Towards a practical engineering tool for rostering.

Edward P. K. Tsang, John A. Ford, Patrick Mills, Richard Bradwell, Richard Williams, Paul Scott

Ann. Oper. Res., 2007

2006

Estimation of Distribution Algorithm with 2-opt Local Search for the Quadratic Assignment Problem.

Qingfu Zhang, Jianyong Sun, Edward P. K. Tsang, John A. Ford

Proceedings of the Towards a New Evolutionary Computation, 2006

2004

Hybrid Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for Multiobjective Knapsack Problem.

Hui Li, Qingfu Zhang, Edward P. K. Tsang, John A. Ford

Proceedings of the Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, 2004

2003

Applying an Extended Guided Local Search to the Quadratic Assignment Problem.

Patrick Mills, Edward P. K. Tsang, John A. Ford

Ann. Oper. Res., 2003

Enabling Postgraduate Learning in the Workplace.

Nicola Beasley, John A. Ford, Nils Tomes

Proceedings of the E-Training Practices for Professional Organizations, 2003