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ICMAS
2000
13 years 11 months ago
Integer Programming for Combinatorial Auction Winner Determination
Combinatorial auctions are important as they enable bidders to place bids on combinations of items; compared to other auction mechanisms, they often increase the efficiency of the...
Arne Andersson, Mattias Tenhunen, Fredrik Ygge
IJCAI
1993
13 years 11 months ago
Evolutionary Learning Strategy using Bug-Based Search
We introduce a new approach to GA (Genetic Algorithms) based problem solving. Earlier GAs did not contain local search (i.e. hill climbing) mechanisms, which led to optimization d...
Hitoshi Iba, Tetsuya Higuchi, Hugo de Garis, Taisu...
WOA
2007
13 years 10 months ago
A Swarm Intelligence Method Applied to Manufacturing Scheduling
—In this paper we present a multi-agent search technique to face the NP-hard single machine total weighted tardiness scheduling problem in presence of sequence-dependent setup ti...
Davide Anghinolfi, Antonio Boccalatte, Alberto Gro...
GECCO
2008
Springer
144views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
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Self-adaptive constructivism in Neural XCS and XCSF
For artificial entities to achieve high degrees of autonomy they will need to display appropriate adaptability. In this sense adaptability includes representational flexibility gu...
Gerard David Howard, Larry Bull, Pier Luca Lanzi
CORR
2008
Springer
98views Education» more  CORR 2008»
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Bayesian Optimisation Algorithm for Nurse Scheduling
: Our research has shown that schedules can be built mimicking a human scheduler by using a set of rules that involve domain knowledge. This chapter presents a Bayesian Optimizatio...
Jingpeng Li, Uwe Aickelin