This paper addresses the solution of bound-constrained optimization problems using
algorithms that require only the availability of objective function values but no derivative …

For several decades, simulation has been used as a descriptive tool by the operations
research community in the modeling and analysis of a wide variety of complex real systems …

Precise streamflow prediction is necessary for better planning and managing available
water and future water resources, especially for high altitude mountainous glacier melting …

A comprehensive guide to a powerful new analytical tool by two of its foremost innovators
The past decade has witnessed many exciting advances in the use of genetic algorithms …

An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or
output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box …

An intelligent media device, comprising a packet data communications interface; a media
communication interface for receiving audio and/or video data; a digital memory for …

Metaheuristics are the most exciting development in approximate optimization techniques of
the last two decades. They have had widespread successes in attacking a variety of difficult …

An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or
output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box …

An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function,
based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus …

This paper proposes an effective new hybrid ant colony algorithm based on crossover and
mutation mechanism for no-wait flow shop scheduling with the criterion to minimize the …