Abstract. This paper describes the application of a hybrid genetic algorithm to a real-world instance of the university course timetabling problem. We address the timetabling of la...
—This paper proposes the plateau structure imposed by the Pareto dominance relation as a useful determinant of multiobjective metaheuristic performance. In essence, the dominance...
—Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithms (UMDAs) are a kind of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs) which do not consider the dependencies among the variables. In thi...
Evolutionary computation methods have been used to solve several optimization and learning problems. This paper describes an application of evolutionary computation methods to con...
Abstract. Decision support systems based on computerized Clinical Protocols (CP) and Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) fall short when dealing with patient co-morbidites, as this ...