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In this paper, we investigate nonlinear optimization problems whose constraints are defined as fuzzy relational equations (FRE) with max-min composition. Since the feasible solution set of the FRE is often a non-convex set and the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Amin Ghodousian , Sara Zal

Novel approaches to switching ultra-fast semiconductor optical amplifiers using artificial intelligence algorithms (particle swarm optimisation, ant colony optimisation, and a genetic algorithm) are developed and applied both in simulation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-28 Christopher W. F. Parsonson , Zacharaya Shabka , W. Konrad Chlupka , Bawang Goh , Georgios Zervas

Genetic algorithms (GAs) emulate the process of biological evolution, in a computational setting, in order to generate good solutions to difficult search and optimisation problems. GA-based optimisers tend to be extremely robust and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-09 Vinesh Rajpaul

This paper presents a genetic-based hybrid algorithm that combines the exploration power of Genetic Algorithm (GA) with the exploitation capacity of a phenotypical probabilistic local search algorithm. Though not limited to a certain class…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-26 Reza Najian Asl , Mohamad Aslani , Masoud Shariat Panahi

This paper presents the Multi-Objective Ant Nesting Algorithm (MOANA), a novel extension of the Ant Nesting Algorithm (ANA), specifically designed to address multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs). MOANA incorporates adaptive…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Noor A. Rashed , Yossra H. Ali Tarik A. Rashid , Seyedali Mirjalili

We present the Generative Flow Ant Colony Sampler (GFACS), a novel meta-heuristic method that hierarchically combines amortized inference and parallel stochastic search. Our method first leverages Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Minsu Kim , Sanghyeok Choi , Hyeonah Kim , Jiwoo Son , Jinkyoo Park , Yoshua Bengio

In this paper we propose a Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization (MOACO) algorithm called CHAC, which has been designed to solve the problem of finding the path on a map (corresponding to a simulated battlefield) that minimizes resources…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2007-05-23 A. M. Mora , J. J. Merelo , C. Millan , J. Torrecillas , J. L. J. Laredo

Artificial life models, swarm intelligent and evolutionary computation algorithms are usually built on fixed size populations. Some studies indicate however that varying the population size can increase the adaptability of these systems and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Carlos Fernandes , Vitorino Ramos , Agostinho C. Rosa

Genetic Algorithm (GA) is a popular meta-heuristic evolutionary algorithm that uses stochastic operators to find optimal solution and has proved its effectiveness in solving many complex optimization problems (such as classification,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Fahad Maqbool , Muhammad Saad Razzaq , Hajira Jabeen

In this paper a new population update rule for population based ant colony optimization (PACO) is proposed. PACO is a well known alternative to the standard ant colony optimization algorithm. The new update rule allows to weight different…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Daniel Abitz , Tom Hartmann , Martin Middendorf

In this paper, a new swarm intelligence algorithm based on orca behaviors is proposed for problem solving. The algorithm called artificial orca algorithm (AOA) consists of simulating the orca lifestyle and in particular the social…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-20 Habiba Drias , Lydia Sonia Bendimerad , Yassine Drias

The swarm intelligence of animals is a natural paradigm to apply to optimization problems. Ant colony, bee colony, firefly and bat algorithms are amongst those that have been demonstrated to efficiently to optimize complex constraints. This…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-01-07 Videh Seksaria

Genetic algorithms have been widely used in many practical optimization problems. Inspired by natural selection, operators, including mutation, crossover and selection, provide effective heuristics for search and black-box optimization.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-03-14 Tanmay Gangwani , Jian Peng

Timetabling is a problem faced in all higher education institutions. The International Timetabling Competition (ITC) has published a dataset that can be used to test the quality of methods used to solve this problem. A number of…

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Within modern warehouse scenarios, the rapid expansion of e-commerce and increasingly complex, multi-level storage environments have exposed the limitations of traditional AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) path planning methods--often reliant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Bo Zhang , Xiubo Liang , Wei Song , Yulu Chen

We explore the relation between memcomputing, namely computing with and in memory, and swarm intelligence algorithms. In particular, we show that one can design memristive networks to solve short-path optimization problems that can also be…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-08-29 Y. V. Pershin , M. Di Ventra

In early-stage architectural design, optimization algorithms are essential for efficiently exploring large and complex design spaces under tight computational constraints. While prior research has benchmarked various optimization methods,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Farnaz Nazari , Wei Yan

Active queue control aims to improve the overall communication network throughput while providing lower delay and small packet loss rate. The basic idea is to actively trigger packet dropping (or marking provided by explicit congestion…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-20 Mansour Sheikhan , Ehsan Hemmati , Reza Shahnazi

It has been widely recognized that the performance of a multi-agent system is highly affected by its organization. A large scale system may have billions of possible ways of organization, which makes it impractical to find an optimal choice…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-11-25 Zhiqi Shen , Ling Yu , Han Yu

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices produces massive, heterogeneous data streams, demanding scalable and efficient scheduling in cloud environments to meet latency, energy, and Quality-of-Service (QoS) requirements.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Noor Islam S. Mohammad