Euclidean distance geometry and applications

L Liberti, C Lavor, N Maculan, A Mucherino - SIAM review, 2014 - SIAM
Euclidean distance geometry is the study of Euclidean geometry based on the concept of
distance. This is useful in several applications where the input data consist of an incomplete …

A note on teaching–learning-based optimization algorithm

M Črepinšek, SH Liu, L Mernik - Information Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Teaching–Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO) seems to be a rising star from amongst a
number of metaheuristics with relatively competitive performances. It is reported that it …

The discretizable molecular distance geometry problem

C Lavor, L Liberti, N Maculan, A Mucherino - Computational Optimization …, 2012 - Springer
Given a simple weighted undirected graph G=(V, E, d) with d: E→ ℝ+, the Molecular
Distance Geometry Problem (MDGP) consists in finding an embedding x: V→ ℝ 3 such …

Molecular distance geometry methods: from continuous to discrete

L Liberti, C Lavor, A Mucherino… - … in Operational Research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Distance geometry problems (DGP) arise from the need to position entities in the Euclidean
K‐space given some of their respective distances. Entities may be atoms (molecular …

The interval Branch-and-Prune algorithm for the discretizable molecular distance geometry problem with inexact distances

C Lavor, L Liberti, A Mucherino - Journal of Global Optimization, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Distance Geometry Problem in three dimensions consists in finding an
embedding in R^ 3 of a given nonnegatively weighted simple undirected graph such that …

The discretizable distance geometry problem

A Mucherino, C Lavor, L Liberti - Optimization Letters, 2012 - Springer
We introduce the discretizable distance geometry problem in R^ 3 (DDGP 3), which consists
in a subclass of instances of the Distance Geometry Problem for which an embedding in R …

Discretization orders for distance geometry problems

C Lavor, J Lee, A Lee-St. John, L Liberti… - Optimization …, 2012 - Springer
Given a weighted, undirected simple graph G=(V, E, d)(where d: E → R _+), the distance
geometry problem (DGP) is to determine an embedding x: V → R^ K such that ∀ {i, j\} ∈ E\; …

Allocation of capacitor banks in distribution systems through a modified monkey search optimization technique

FG Duque, LW de Oliveira, EJ de Oliveira… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents a methodology for the allocation of fixed capacitor banks in electrical
power distribution systems by applying a bio-inspired optimization technique. The goal is to …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-safety optimization of steel-concrete composite beams using standardized formulation

T Korouzhdeh, H Eskandari-Naddaf - Engineering Science and Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a standardized formulation procedure for cost-safety optimization of
steel-concrete composite beam (SCCB). To this aim, the SCCB was optimized based on the …

MD-jeep: an implementation of a branch and prune algorithm for distance geometry problems

A Mucherino, L Liberti, C Lavor - … Software, Kobe, Japan, September 13-17 …, 2010 - Springer
We present MD-jeep, an implementation of a Branch & Prune (BP) algorithm, which we
employ for the solution of distance geometry problems related to molecular conformations …