This paper investigates how the Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm (UMDA) behaves in non-stationary environments when engaging in sampling and selection strategies designe...
Abstract. We describe a simple CSP formalism for handling multi-attribute preference problems with hard constraints, one that combines hard constraints and preferences so the two a...
Eugene C. Freuder, Robert Heffernan, Richard J. Wa...
The two-dimensional orthogonal non-guillotine cutting problem (NGCP) appears in many industries (like wood and steel industries) and consists in cutting a rectangular master surfa...
Abstract-- The trans-genomic query (TGQ) problem -- enabling the free query of biological information, even across genomes -- is a central challenge facing bioinformatics. Solution...
Douglas Stott Parker Jr., Ruey-Lung Hsiao, Yi Xing...
Although worked-out examples play a key role in cognitive skill acquisition, research demonstrates that students have various levels of meta-cognitive abilities for using examples ...