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ANOR
2005
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An Unconstrained Quadratic Binary Programming Approach to the Vertex Coloring Problem
: The vertex coloring problem has been the subject of extensive research for many years. Driven by application potential as well as computational challenge, a variety of methods ha...
Gary A. Kochenberger, Fred Glover, Bahram Alidaee,...
TALG
2008
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Limitations of cross-monotonic cost-sharing schemes
A cost-sharing scheme is a set of rules defining how to share the cost of a service (often computed by solving a combinatorial optimization problem) amongst serviced customers. A ...
Nicole Immorlica, Mohammad Mahdian, Vahab S. Mirro...
EOR
2007
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Solving the maximum edge weight clique problem via unconstrained quadratic programming
The unconstrained quadratic binary program (UQP) is proving to be a successful modeling and solution framework for a variety of combinatorial optimization problems. Experience rep...
Bahram Alidaee, Fred Glover, Gary A. Kochenberger,...
JEA
2008
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Multilevel algorithms for linear ordering problems
Linear ordering problems are combinatorial optimization problems which deal with the minimization of different functionals in which the graph vertices are mapped onto (1, 2, ..., ...
Ilya Safro, Dorit Ron, Achi Brandt
EOR
2006
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Multi-objective tabu search using a multinomial probability mass function
A tabu search approach to solve multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems is developed in this paper. This procedure selects an objective to become active for a given it...
Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Alice E. Smith, Bryan A. Nor...
CORR
2006
Springer
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A rigorous proof of the cavity method for counting matchings
In this paper we rigorously prove the validity of the cavity method for the problem of counting the number of matchings in graphs with large girth. Cavity method is an important he...
Mohsen Bayati, Chandra Nair
ENGL
2008
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Hybrid Architecture of Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing
This paper discusses novel dedicated hardware architecture for hybrid optimization based on Genetic algorithm (GA) and Simulated Annealing (SA). The proposed architecture achieves ...
Masaya Yoshikawa, Hironori Yamauchi, Hidekazu Tera...
CORR
2008
Springer
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A Dynamic Programming Framework for Combinatorial Optimization Problems on Graphs with Bounded Pathwidth
In this paper we present an algorithmic framework for solving a class of combinatorial optimization problems on graphs with bounded pathwidth. The problems are NP-hard in general, ...
Mugurel Ionut Andreica
GECCO
2010
Springer
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Consultant-guided search algorithms for the quadratic assignment problem
Abstract. Consultant-Guided Search (CGS) is a recent swarm intelligence metaheuristic for combinatorial optimization problems, inspired by the way real people make decisions based ...
Serban Iordache
ANTSW
2008
Springer
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Rigorous Analyses for the Combination of Ant Colony Optimization and Local Search
Abstract. Ant colony optimization (ACO) is a metaheuristic that produces good results for a wide range of combinatorial optimization problems. Often such successful applications us...
Frank Neumann, Dirk Sudholt, Carsten Witt