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Genetic algorithms are considered as one of the most efficient search techniques. Although they do not offer an optimal solution, their ability to reach a suitable solution in considerably short time gives them their respectable role in…

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We develop and analyze a set of new sequential simulation-optimization algorithms for large-scale multi-dimensional discrete optimization via simulation problems with a convexity structure. The "large-scale" notion refers to that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-20 Haixiang Zhang , Zeyu Zheng , Javad Lavaei

In this paper we present a comprehensive study on the multi-objective optimization of two-dimensional porous phononic crystals (PnCs) in both square and triangular lattices with the reduced topology symmetry of the unit-cell. The fast…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-11-09 Hao-Wen Dong , Yue-Sheng Wang , Yan-Feng Wang , Chuanzeng Zhang

Protein structure prediction can be shown to be an NP-hard problem; the number of conformations grows exponentially with the number of residues. The native conformations of proteins occupy a very small subset of these, hence an exploratory,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Mehul M. Khimasia , Peter V. Coveney

We present a hybrid algorithm for optimizing a convex, smooth function over the cone of positive semidefinite matrices. Our algorithm converges to the global optimal solution and can be used to solve general large-scale semidefinite…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-06-22 Soeren Laue

Integrated electricity and gas systems are constructed to facilitate the gas-fired generation, and the distributed operation of these integrated systems have received much attention due to the increased emphasis on data security and privacy…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Rong-Peng Liu , Wei Sun , Dali Zhou , Yunhe Hou

This paper examines the use of a hierarchical coevolutionary genetic algorithm under different partnering strategies. Cascading clusters of sub-populations are built from the bottom up, with higher-level sub-populations optimising larger…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-07-05 Uwe Aickelin , Larry Bull

Deep neural network learning can be formulated as a non-convex optimization problem. Existing optimization algorithms, e.g., Adam, can learn the models fast, but may get stuck in local optima easily. In this paper, we introduce a novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Jiawei Zhang , Fisher B. Gouza

In imaging modalities recording diffraction data, the original image can be reconstructed assuming known phases. When phases are unknown, oversampling and a constraint on the support region in the original object can be used to solve a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-17 Alberto Pietrini , Carl Nettelblad

The discovery of inorganic crystal structures with targeted properties is a significant challenge in materials science. Generative models, especially state-of-the-art diffusion models, offer the promise of modeling complex data…

Genetic algorithms are a class of heuristic search techniques that apply basic evolutionary operators in a computational setting. We have designed a fully parallel and distributed hardware/software implementation of the generalized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. S. Metcalfe , P. Charbonneau

In recent years, spectral clustering has become a standard method for data analysis used in a broad range of applications. In this paper we propose a new class of algorithms for multiway spectral clustering based on optimization of a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-05-05 James Voss , Mikhail Belkin , Luis Rademacher

We study the following range searching problem: Preprocess a set $P$ of $n$ points in the plane with respect to a set $\mathcal{O}$ of $k$ orientations % , for a constant, in the plane so that given an $\mathcal{O}$-oriented convex polygon…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Eunjin Oh , Hee-Kap Ahn

In recent decades, cold atom experiments have become increasingly complex. While computers control most parameters, optimization is mostly done manually. This is a time-consuming task for a high-dimensional parameter space with unknown…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-03 I. Geisel , K. Cordes , J. Mahnke , S. Jöllenbeck , J. Ostermann , J. Arlt , W. Ertmer , C. Klempt

Materials-by-design has been historically challenging due to complex process-microstructure-property relations. Conventional analytical or simulation-based approaches suffer from low accuracy or long computational time and poor…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-24 Xiao Shang , Zhiying Liu , Jiahui Zhang , Tianyi Lyu , Yu Zou

This article demonstrates how an understanding of the geometry of a family of cost functions can be used to develop efficient numerical algorithms for real-time optimisation. Crucially, it is not the geometry of the individual functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-11 Jonathan H. Manton

In this paper a novel biclustering algorithm based on artificial intelligence (AI) is introduced. The method called EBIC aims to detect biologically meaningful, order-preserving patterns in complex data. The proposed algorithm is probably…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Patryk Orzechowski , Moshe Sipper , Xiuzhen Huang , Jason H. Moore

This study investigates the potential of hybrid metaheuristic algorithms to enhance the training of Probabilistic Neural Networks (PNNs) by leveraging the complementary strengths of multiple optimisation strategies. Traditional learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Piotr A. Kowalski , Szymon Kucharczyk , Jacek Mańdziuk

Analysis of high-dimensional data is currently a popular field of research, thanks to many applications e.g. in genetics (DNA data in genomewide association studies), spectrometry or web analysis. At the same time, the type of problems that…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-05-25 Jozef Jakubik

The goal of this work is to accelerate the identification of an unknown ARX system from trajectory data through online input design. Specifically, we present an active learning algorithm that sequentially selects the input to excite the…

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