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EVOW
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Evolving the Structure of the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms
A new model for evolving the structure of a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is proposed in this paper. The model is a hybrid technique that combines a Genetic Algorithm...
Laura Diosan, Mihai Oltean
CEC
2009
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Gradient estimation in global optimization algorithms
Abstract— The role of gradient estimation in global optimization is investigated. The concept of a regional gradient is introduced as a tool for analyzing and comparing different...
Megan Hazen, Maya R. Gupta
AAAI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
Algorithms for Control and Interaction of Large Formations of Robots
NSF and NASA sponsored a workshop to discuss harvesting solar power in space. One solution considered was the use of a swarm of robots to form a solar reflector. How can these rob...
Ross Mead, Jerry B. Weinberg
ATAL
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A swarm based approximated algorithm to the extended generalized assignment problem (E-GAP)
This paper addresses distributed task allocation in complex scenarios modeled using the distributed constraint optimization problem (DCOP) formalism. We propose and evaluate a nov...
Paulo Roberto Ferreira Jr., Felipe S. Boffo, Ana L...
MABS
1998
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
ABCDE: Agent Based Chaotic Dynamic Emergence
This paper concerns agent based experiments in the field of negotiation and exchange simulation. A computer simulation environment is built, showing the emergence of chaotic price ...
Pietro Terna