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CORR
2011
Springer
191views Education» more  CORR 2011»
15 years 1 months ago
On Approximating Four Covering and Packing Problems
In this paper, we consider approximability issues of the following four problems: triangle packing, full sibling reconstruction, maximum profit coverage and 2-coverage. All of th...
Mary V. Ashley, Tanya Y. Berger-Wolf, Piotr Berman...
AAAI
2000
15 years 8 months ago
Iterative Flattening: A Scalable Method for Solving Multi-Capacity Scheduling Problems
One challenge for research in constraint-based scheduling has been to produce scalable solution procedures under fairly general representational assumptions. Quite often, the comp...
Amedeo Cesta, Angelo Oddi, Stephen F. Smith
GECCO
2008
Springer
183views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
15 years 7 months ago
UMDAs for dynamic optimization problems
This paper investigates how the Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm (UMDA) behaves in non-stationary environments when engaging in sampling and selection strategies designe...
Carlos M. Fernandes, Cláudio F. Lima, Agost...
COR
2006
138views more  COR 2006»
15 years 6 months ago
Deconstructing Nowicki and Smutnicki's i-TSAB tabu search algorithm for the job-shop scheduling problem
Over the last decade and a half, tabu search algorithms for machine scheduling have gained a near-mythical reputation by consistently equaling or establishing state-of-the-art per...
Jean-Paul Watson, Adele E. Howe, L. Darrell Whitle...
AIEDU
2010
15 years 1 months ago
Scaffolding Meta-Cognitive Skills for Effective Analogical Problem Solving via Tailored Example Selection
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 ...
Kasia Muldner, Cristina Conati