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In this paper, we propose a new method called the Reinforced Hybrid Genetic Algorithm (RHGA) for solving the famous NP-hard Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Specifically, we combine reinforcement learning with the well-known Edge Assembly…

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We present a dynamic algorithm for solving the Longest Common Subsequence Problem using Ant Colony Optimization Technique. The Ant Colony Optimization Technique has been applied to solve many problems in Optimization Theory, Machine…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-07-09 Arindam Chaudhuri

Genetic algorithms have played an important role in engineering optimization. Traditional GAs treat each gene separately. However, biophysical studies of gene regulatory networks revealed direct associations between different genes. It…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Zhaoning Shi , Meng Xiang , Zhaoyang Hai , Xiabi Liu , Yan Pei

Finding the common subsequences of $L$ multiple strings has many applications in the area of bioinformatics, computational linguistics, and information retrieval. A well-known result states that finding a Longest Common Subsequence (LCS)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Jin Cao , Dewei Zhong

Linear Genetic Programming (LGP) is a powerful technique that allows for a variety of problems to be solved using a linear representation of programs. However, there still exists some limitations to the technique, such as the need for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Urmzd Mukhammadnaim

In this paper, we propose an interactive genetic algorithm for solving multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems under preference imprecision. More precisely, we consider problems where the decision maker's preferences over…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Nawal Benabbou , Cassandre Leroy , Thibaut Lust

In many global Optimization Problems, it is required to evaluate a global point (min or max) in large space that calculation effort is very high. In this paper is presented new approach for optimization problem with subdivision labeling…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-23 Masoumeh Vali

The longest arc-preserving common subsequence problem is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem from the field of computational biology. This problem finds applications, in particular, in the comparison of arc-annotated Ribonucleic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-02-02 Christian Blum , Maria J. Blesa

Randomized Greedy Algorithms (RGAs) are interesting approaches to solve problems whose structures are not well understood as well as problems in combinatorial optimization which incorporate the random processes and the greedy algorithms.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Pham Dinh Thanh , Huynh Thi Thanh Binh , Do Dinh Dac , Nguyen Binh Long , Le Minh Hai Phong

In this paper, we introduce, MultiGA, an optimization framework which applies genetic algorithm principles to address complex natural language tasks and reasoning problems by sampling from a diverse population of LLMs to initialize the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Isabelle Diana May-Xin Ng , Tharindu Cyril Weerasooriya , Haitao Zhu , Wei Wei

We present a novel Auxiliary Truth enhanced Genetic Algorithm (GA) that uses logical or mathematical constraints as a means of data augmentation as well as to compute loss (in conjunction with the traditional MSE), with the aim of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Dhananjay Ashok , Joseph Scott , Sebastian Wetzel , Maysum Panju , Vijay Ganesh

The Closest String Problem is an NP-hard problem that aims to find a string that has the minimum distance from all sequences that belong to the given set of strings. Its applications can be found in coding theory, computational biology, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Alireza Abdi , Marko Djukanovic , Hesam Tahmasebi Boldaji , Hadis Salehi , Aleksandar Kartelj

A reinforcement learning-enhanced genetic algorithm (RLGA) is proposed for wind farm layout optimization (WFLO) problems. While genetic algorithms (GAs) are among the most effective and accessible methods for WFLO, their performance and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Guodan Dong , Jianhua Qin , Chutian Wu , Chang Xu , Xiaolei Yang

The Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) of two strings is a fundamental string similarity measure with a classical dynamic programming solution taking quadratic time. Despite significant efforts, little progress was made in improving the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-17 Negev Shekel Nosatzki

Finding an Approximate Longest Common Substring (ALCS) within a given set $S=\{s_1,s_2,\ldots,s_m\}$ of $m \ge 2$ strings is a key problem in computational biology, such as identifying related mutations across multiple genetic sequences. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Hamed Hasibi , Neerja Mhaskar , W. F. Smyth

In this paper we define a new problem, motivated by computational biology, $LCSk$ aiming at finding the maximal number of $k$ length $substrings$, matching in both input strings while preserving their order of appearance. The traditional…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-11 Gary Benson , Avivit Levy , Riva Shalom

Dominating Set is a well-known combinatorial optimization problem which finds application in computational biology or mobile communication. Because of its $\mathrm{NP}$-hardness, one often turns to heuristics for good solutions. Many such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Hendrik Higl

This paper investigates the approximability of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) problem. The fastest algorithm for solving the LCS problem exactly runs in essentially quadratic time in the length of the input, and it is known that under…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Shyan Akmal , Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Linkage Tree Genetic Algorithm (LTGA) is an effective Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) to solve complex problems using the linkage information between problem variables. LTGA performs well in various kinds of single-task optimization and yields…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Huynh Thi Thanh Binh , Pham Dinh Thanh , Tran Ba Trung , Le Cong Thanh , Le Minh Hai Phong , Ananthram Swami , Bui Thu Lam

We consider the longest common subsequence (LCS) problem with the restriction that the common subsequence is required to consist of at least $k$ length substrings. First, we show an $O(mn)$ time algorithm for the problem which gives a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-07 Yohei Ueki , Diptarama , Masatoshi Kurihara , Yoshiaki Matsuoka , Kazuyuki Narisawa , Ryo Yoshinaka , Hideo Bannai , Shunsuke Inenaga , Ayumi Shinohara