Dr Geoffrey Mckeown
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer |
G dot Mckeown at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2606 |
Sciences 2.32 |
Career
Geoff is an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. IEEE Computer Society Affiliate
He has been a consultant and author for the Open University.
Academic Background
Key Research Interests
Geoffrey Mckoewn is part of the Optimisation and Metaheuristics Group
Combinatorial and Numerical Algorithms:
parallel algorithms - including systolic arrays numerical linear algebra algorithm abstraction branch-and-bound paradigm - including parallel implementation linear and integer linear programming (LP and IP).
Functional Programming:
Use of functional programming languages for the specification and transformation of algorithms for mathematical computation Haskell as a language for systolic design.
List all publications by Dr Geoff McKeown (Eprints)
Past Research Projects and Grants
Project Title
Using simulated annealing to solve large scale scheduling problems (Phase 4)
Funding Body
Unilever
Project Members
Geoffrey McKeown
Project Title
Using simulated annealing to solve large scale scheduling problems
Funding Body
Unilever
Project Members
Geoffrey McKeown
Article
Reynolds, A. P. and McKeown, G. P. (2007) Construction of factory schedules using reverse simulation. European Journal of Operational Research, 179 (3). pp. 656-676. ISSN 0377-2217
Chardaire, P., Barake, M. and McKeown, G. P. (2007) A PROBE-Based Heuristic for Graph Partitioning. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 56 (12). pp. 1701-1720. ISSN 0018-9340
Chardaire, P., McKeown, G. P., Verity-Harrison, S. A. and Richardson, S. B. (2005) Solving a Time-Space Network Formulation for the Convoy Movement Problem. Operations Research, 53 (2). pp. 219-230. ISSN 0030-364X
Rayward-Smith, V. J., McKeown, G. P. and Burton, F. W. (1988) The General Problem-Solving Algorithm and its Implementation. New Generation Computing, 6 (1). pp. 41-66.
Book Section
Al-Harbi, SH, McKeown, GP and Rayward-Smith, VJ (2003) A New Metric for Categorical Data. In: Statistical Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. CRC Press, pp. 343-354. ISBN 978-1-58488-344-9
Barake, M., Chardaire, P. and McKeown, G. P. (2003) The PROBE Metaheuristic and its Application to the Multiconstraint Knapsack Problem. In: METAHEURISTICS: Computer Decision-Making. Applied Optimization, 86 . Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 19-36. ISBN 978-1-4020-7653-4
Jones, Martin S., McKeown, Geoff P. and Rayward-Smith, Vic J. (2003) Distribution, Cooperation and Hybridisation for Combinatorial Optimization. In: Optimization Software Class Libraries. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 18 . Springer US, pp. 25-58. ISBN 978-1-4020-7002-0
Chardaire, Pierre, McKeown, Geoff P. and Maki, Jameel A. (2001) Application of GRASP to the multiconstraint knapsack problem. In: Applications of Evolutionary Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2037 . Springer-Verlag, pp. 30-39. ISBN 978-3-540-41920-4
Rayward-Smith, V. J., McKeown, G. P. and Rush, S. A. (1992) Parallel Branch and Bound. In: Advances in Parallel Algorithms. Blackwell Scientific, pp. 111-150. ISBN 0-470-21907-6
Conference or Workshop Item
Chardaire, P. and McKeown, G. P. (2004) PROBE: a Metaheuristic for Hybridization. In: Design and Evaluation of Advanced Hybrid Meta-Heuristics, 4th EU/ME Workshop, 3-4 November 2004, Nottingham, UK.
Chardaire, P., McKeown, G. P. and Maki, J. A. (2004) Hybridizing GRASP, PROBE and Path Relinking. In: Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, ECAI 2004, 22-23 August 2004, Valencia, Spain.
Book
Rayward-Smith, V. J. and McKeown, G. P. (1995) Mathematical Foundations for Computing. Macmillan, London, p. 401. ISBN 9780333488553
McKeown, G. P. and Rayward-Smith, V. J. (1982) Mathematics for Computing. Computer science series . Macmillan, p. 430. ISBN 978-0333291702
Key Responsibilities
- Library liaison
- Director of Learning and Teaching
