Optimization techniques for solving complex problems - Alba, Enrique; Blum, Christian; Asasi, Pedro; Leon, Coromoto; Gomez, Juan Antonio (Hoboken, N.J. Wiley, 2009)
Part I: Methodologies for complex problem solving: Generating automatic projections by means of genetic programming -- Neural lazy local learning -- Optimization by using genetic algorithms with micropopulations -- Analyzing parallel cellular genetic algorithms -- Evaluating new advanced multiobjective metaheuristics. -- Canonical metaheuristics for dynamic optimization problems -- Solving constrained optimization problems with hybrid evolutionary algorithms -- Optimization of time series using parallel, adaptive, and neural techniques -- Using reconfigurable computing to optimization of cryptographic algorithms -- Genetic algorithms, parallelism and reconfigurable hardware. -- Divide and conquer: advanced techniques -- Tools for tree searches: branch-and-bound and A* algorithms -- Tools for tree searches: Dynamic programming -- Part II: Applications: Automatic search of behavior strategies in auctions -- Evolving rules for local time series prediction -- Metaheuristics in bioinformatics: DNA sequencing and reconstruction -- Optimal location of antennae in telecommunication networks -- Optimization of image processing algorithms using FPGAs -- Application of cellular automata algorithms to the parallel simulation of laser dynamics -- Dense stereo disparity from an artificial life standpoint -- Exact, metaheuristic, and hybrid approaches to multidimensional knapsack problems -- Greedy seeding and problem-specific operators for GAs solution of strip packing problems -- Solving the KCT problem: large scale neighborhood search and solution merging -- Experimental study of GA-based schedulers in dynamic distributed computing environments -- Remote optimization service (ROS) -- Remote services for advanced problem optimization.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Computer science -- Mathematics; Mathematical optimization; Metaheuristics; Problem solving; Electronic books