Trends in developing metaheuristics, algorithms, and optimization approaches [electronic resource] / Peng-Yeng Yin, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

A novel particle swarm optimization algorithm for multi-objective combinatorial optimization problem / Rahul Roy, Satchidananda Dehuri, Sung Bae Cho -- A hybrid simulated annealing and simplex method for fixed-cost capacitated multicommodity network design / Masoud Yaghini ... [et al.] -- A hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm for dynamic spectrum management in multiuser systems: combining simulated annealing and non-linear Simplex Nelder-Mead / Hernan X. Cordova, Leo Van Biesen -- Discrete artificial bee colony optimization algorithm for financial classification problems / Yannis Marinakis ... [et al.] -- Vector evaluated and objective switching approaches of artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) for multi-objective design optimization of composite plate structures / S. N. Omkar ... [et al.] -- An ant colony system algorithm for the hybrid flow-shop scheduling problem / Safa Khalouli, Fatima Ghedjati, Abdelaziz Hamzaoui -- Discrete particle swarm optimization for the multi-level lot-sizing problem / Laurent Deroussi, David Lemoine -- Adaptive non-uniform particle swarm application to plasmonic design / Sameh Kessentini ... [et al.] -- New evolutionary algorithm based on 2-opt local search to solve the vehicle routing problem with private fleet and common Carrier / Jalel Euchi, Habib Chabchoub, Adnan Yassine -- Scatter search applied to the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery and pickup / Gladys Maquera ... [et al.] -- Parallel scatter search algorithms for exam timetabling / Nashat Mansour, Ghia Sleiman-Haidar -- Pseudo-cut strategies for global optimization / Fred Glover ... [et al.] -- Management of bus driver duties using data mining / Walid Moudani, Fix Mora-Camino -- A new approach to associative classification based on binary multi-objective particle swarm optimization / Madhabananda Das ... [et al.] -- Extraction of target user group from web usage data using evolutionary biclustering approach / R. Rathipriya, K. Thangavel, J. Bagyamani -- Dynamic assignment of crew reserve in airlines / Walid Moudani, Fix Mora-Camino -- DIMMA-implemented metaheuristics for finding shortest hamiltonian path between iranian cities using sequential DOE approach for parameters tuning / Masoud Yaghini, Mohsen Momeni, Mohammadreza Sarmadi.

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'This book provides insight on the latest advances and analysis of technologies in metaheuristics computing, offering widespread coverage on topics such as genetic algorithms, differential evolution, and ant colony optimization'--Provided by publisher.

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