Ant colony optimization: Introduction and recent trends

C Blum - Physics of Life reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Ant colony optimization is a technique for optimization that was introduced in the early
1990's. The inspiring source of ant colony optimization is the foraging behavior of real ant …

Swarm intelligence in optimization

C Blum, X Li - Swarm intelligence: introduction and applications, 2008 - Springer
Optimization techniques inspired by swarm intelligence have become increasingly popular
during the last decade. They are characterized by a decentralized way of working that …

[图书][B] Handbook of approximation algorithms and metaheuristics

TF Gonzalez - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
Delineating the tremendous growth in this area, the Handbook of Approximation Algorithms
and Metaheuristics covers fundamental, theoretical topics as well as advanced, practical …

Software-defined environment for reconfigurable manufacturing systems

NG Nayak, F Dürr, K Rothermel - … on the Internet of Things (IOT), 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional manufacturing systems like assembly lines cannot handle the constantly
changing requirements of a modern-day manufacturer, which are driven by volatile market …

Application of ant colony optimisation algorithms in solving facility layout problems formulated as quadratic assignment problems: a review

PC See, KY Wong - International Journal of Industrial and …, 2008 - inderscienceonline.com
The formulation of Facility Layout Problems (FLPs) as Quadratic Assignment Problems
(QAPs) has gained substantial attention from researchers. The main reason is that, QAPs …

Enhancing two-phase supply chain network distribution via three meta-heuristic optimization algorithms subsidized by mathematical procedures

AM Abed, LF Seddek, A AlArjani - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - World Scientific
Supply Chain Networks Distribution (SCND) topology aims to find the best position and size
for facilities to ensure optimal products flow based on the Matheuristic approach (ie …

A novel path protection scheme for MPLS networks using multi-path routing

S Alouneh, A Agarwal, A En-Nouaary - Computer Networks, 2009 - Elsevier
Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) is an evolving network technology that is used to
provide traffic engineering (TE) and high speed networking. Internet service providers, which …

Stigmergic optimization: Inspiration, technologies and perspectives

C Grosan, A Abraham - Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer …, 2006 - Springer
This Chapter summarizes some of the well known stigmergic computational techniques
inspired by nature, mainly for optimization problems developed by mimicking social insects' …

Hybridizations of metaheuristics with branch & bound derivates

C Blum, C Cotta, AJ Fernández, JE Gallardo… - … : an emerging approach …, 2008 - Springer
An important branch of hybrid metaheuristics concerns the hybridization with branch &
bound derivatives. In this chapter we present examples for two different types of …

Scalable node-disjoint and edge-disjoint multiwavelength routing

YZ Xu, HF Po, CH Yeung, D Saad - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Probabilistic message-passing algorithms are developed for routing transmissions in
multiwavelength optical communication networks, under node-and edge-disjoint routing …