Large language models as evolutionary optimizers

S Liu, C Chen, X Qu, K Tang… - 2024 IEEE Congress on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have achieved remarkable success in tackling complex
combinatorial optimization problems. However, EAs often demand carefully-designed …

Survey on genetic programming and machine learning techniques for heuristic design in job shop scheduling

F Zhang, Y Mei, S Nguyen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Job shop scheduling (JSS) is a process of optimizing the use of limited resources to improve
the production efficiency. JSS has a wide range of applications, such as order picking in the …

Surprisingly popular-based adaptive memetic algorithm for energy-efficient distributed flexible job shop scheduling

R Li, W Gong, L Wang, C Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of the economy, distributed manufacturing has gradually become the
mainstream production mode. This work aims to solve the energy-efficient distributed flexible …

Genetic programming with lexicase selection for large-scale dynamic flexible job shop scheduling

M Xu, Y Mei, F Zhang, M Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic flexible job shop scheduling is a prominent combinatorial optimisation problem
with many real-world applications. Genetic programming has been widely used to …

A genetic programming based cooperative evolutionary algorithm for flexible job shop with crane transportation and setup times

X Chen, J Li, Z Wang, J Li, K Gao - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
Confronted with increasingly complex industrial scenarios, limited transportation resources
and complicated time constraints introduce significant challenges to production efficiency …

An enhanced memetic algorithm with hierarchical heuristic neighborhood search for type-2 green fuzzy flexible job shop scheduling

K Huang, W Gong, C Lu - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2024 - Elsevier
The green flexible job shop has received increasing attention due to the development of
modern industry and the improvement of environmental protection awareness. Meanwhile …

Niching Genetic Programming to Learn Actions for Deep Reinforcement Learning in Dynamic Flexible Scheduling

M Xu, Y Mei, F Zhang, M Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling (DFJSS) is a critical combinatorial optimisation
problem known for its dynamic nature and flexibility of machines. Traditional scheduling …

Multitask linear genetic programming with shared individuals and its application to dynamic job shop scheduling

Z Huang, Y Mei, F Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multitask genetic programming methods have been applied to various domains, such as
classification, regression, and combinatorial optimization problems. Most existing multitask …

Evolutionary multitask optimization in real-world applications: A survey

Y Wu, H Ding, B Xiang, J Sheng, W Ma… - Journal of Artificial …, 2023 - ojs.istp-press.com
Because of its strong ability to solve problems, evolutionary multitask optimization (EMTO)
algorithms have been widely studied recently. Evolutionary algorithms have the advantage …

Knowledge-transfer based genetic programming algorithm for multi-objective dynamic agile earth observation satellite scheduling problem

L Wei, M Chen, L Xing, Q Wan, Y Song, Y Chen… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The multi-objective dynamic agile earth observation satellite scheduling problem (MO-
DAEOSSP) aims to schedule a set of real-time arrival requests and form a reasonable …