Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization

A Critical Element-Guided Perturbation Strategy for Iterated Local Search.- A Genetic Algorithm for Net Present Value Maximization for Resource Constrained Projects.- A Hybrid Algorithm for Computing Tours in a Spare Parts Warehouse.- A New Binary Description of the Blocks Relocation Problem and Benefits in a Look Ahead Heuristic.- A Plasmid Based Transgenetic Algorithm for the Biobjective Minimum Spanning Tree Problem.- A Tabu Search Algorithm with Direct Representation for Strip Packing.- An ACO Approach to Planning.- An Artificial Immune System for the Multi-Mode Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem.- Beam-ACO Based on Stochastic Sampling for Makespan Optimization Concerning the TSP with Time Windows.- Binary Exponential Back Off for Tabu Tenure in Hyperheuristics.- Diversity Control and Multi-Parent Recombination for Evolutionary Graph Coloring Algorithms.- Divide-And-Evolve Facing State-of-the-Art Temporal Planners during the 6 th International Planning Competition.- Exact Solutions to the Traveling Salesperson Problem by a Population-Based Evolutionary Algorithm.- Finding Balanced Incomplete Block Designs with Metaheuristics.- Guided Ejection Search for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem.- Improving Performance in Combinatorial Optimisation Using Averaging and Clustering.- Iterated Local Search for Minimum Power Symmetric Connectivity in Wireless Networks.- Metropolis and Symmetric Functions: A Swan Song.- Robustness Analysis in Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization Applied to VAR Planning in Electrical Distribution Networks.- Staff Scheduling with Particle Swarm Optimisation and Evolution Strategies.- University Course Timetabling with Genetic Algorithm: A Laboratory Excercises Case Study.