We consider the problem of finding a ranking of a set of elements that is "closest to" a given set of input rankings of the elements; more precisely, we want to find a p...
Genetic Algorithms are very powerful search methods that are used in different optimization problems. Parallel versions of genetic algorithms are easily implemented and usually in...
Data warehousing is a software infrastructure which supports OLAP applications by providing a collection of tools which allow data extraction and cleaning, data integration and ag...
Modern query optimizers select an efficient join ordering for a physical execution plan based essentially on the average join selectivity factors among the referenced tables. In ...
This work deals with the application of metaheuristics to the fuel consumption minimization problem of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) considering exactly specified driving cycles....