Application-specific, parameterized local search algorithms (PLSAs), in which optimization accuracy can be traded off with runtime, arise naturally in many optimization contexts....
Machine scheduling is a critical problem in industries where products are custom-designed. The wide range of products, the lack of previous experiences in manufacturing, and the s...
Juan Carlos Vidal, Manuel Mucientes, Alberto Bugar...
The scheduling of exams in institutions of higher education is known to be a highly constrained problem. The advent of modularity in many institutions in the UK has resulted in a s...
Design decisions for complex, component-based systems impact multiple quality of service (QoS) properties. Often, means to improve one quality property deteriorate another one. In ...
Anne Martens, Danilo Ardagna, Heiko Koziolek, Raff...
In this paper, we revisit a general class of multi-criteria multi-constrained network design problems and attempt to solve, in a novel way, with Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs). A ma...