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WSC
2004
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An Event Graph Based Simulation and Scheduling Analysis of Multi-Cluster Tools
Simulation methods are extensively used in modeling complex scheduling problems. However, traditional layout of simulation models can become complicated when they are used to find...
Shengwei Ding, Jingang Yi
ICGA
1993
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Expected Allele Coverage and the Role of Mutation in Genetic Algorithms
It is part of the traditional lore of genetic algorithms that low mutation rates lead to efficient search of the solution space, while high mutation rates result in diffusion of s...
David M. Tate, Alice E. Smith
HM
2010
Springer
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A Hybrid LS-CP Solver for the Shifts and Breaks Design Problem
The problem of designing workforce shifts and break patterns is a relevant employee scheduling problem that arises in many contexts, especially in service industries. The issue is ...
Luca Di Gaspero, Johannes Gärtner, Nysret Mus...
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Collective intelligence and bush fire spotting
Bush fires cause major damage each year in many areas of the world and the earlier that they can be detected the easier it is to minimize this damage. This paper describes a coll...
David Howden, Tim Hendtlass
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Self-adaptive mutation rates in genetic algorithm for inverse design of cellular automata
Self-adaptation is used a lot in Evolutionary Strategies and with great success, yet for some reason it is not the mutation adaptation of choice for Genetic Algorithms. This poste...
Ron Breukelaar, Thomas Bäck