Abstract. The Berth Allocation Problem (BAP) consists on programming and allocating ships to berthing areas along a quay. The BAP is modeled as a vehicle routing problem and a rece...
Geraldo R. Mauri, Alexandre C. M. Oliveira, Luiz A...
Abstract Computational Grids consist of a multitude of geographically distributed resources. The co-allocation of several of those resources allows for the execution of highly comp...
Bruno Volckaert, Pieter Thysebaert, Marc De Leenhe...
In order to co-ordinate multiple resource providers in grid environment to meet a common objective, support for negotiation is needed to establish a contract between the users and...
Ponnuram Balakrishnan, S. Thamarai Selvi, Gnanapra...
Abstract. Memetic Algorithms are the most frequently used hybrid of Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) for real-world applications. This paper will deal with one of the most important ob...
A novel optimisation accelerator deploying neural network predictions and objective space direct manipulation strategies is presented. The concept of directing the search through ...