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Book Scheduling Algorithms

Download or read book Scheduling Algorithms written by Peter Brucker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides scheduling problems for single and parallel machines and shop scheduling problems, the book covers advanced models involving due-dates, sequence dependent change-over times and batching. A discussion of multiprocessor task scheduling and problems with multi-purpose machines is accompanied by the methods used to solve such problems, such as polynomial algorithms, dynamic programming procedures, branch-and-bound algorithms and local search heuristics, and the whole is rounded off with an analysis of complexity issues.

Book Applying Particle Swarm Optimization

Download or read book Applying Particle Swarm Optimization written by Burcu Adıgüzel Mercangöz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the theoretical structure of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and focuses on the application of PSO to portfolio optimization problems. The general goal of portfolio optimization is to find a solution that provides the highest expected return at each level of portfolio risk. According to H. Markowitz’s portfolio selection theory, as new assets are added to an investment portfolio, the total risk of the portfolio’s decreases depending on the correlations of asset returns, while the expected return on the portfolio represents the weighted average of the expected returns for each asset. The book explains PSO in detail and demonstrates how to implement Markowitz’s portfolio optimization approach using PSO. In addition, it expands on the Markowitz model and seeks to improve the solution-finding process with the aid of various algorithms. In short, the book provides researchers, teachers, engineers, managers and practitioners with many tools they need to apply the PSO technique to portfolio optimization.

Book Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

Download or read book Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence written by Directeur de Recherches Du Fnrs Marco Dorigo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2004, held in Brussels, Belgium in September 2004. The 22 revised full papers, 19 revised short papers, and 9 poster abstracts presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 papers submitted. The papers are devoted to theoretical and foundational aspects of ant algorithms, ant colony optimization and swarm intelligence and deal with a broad variety of optimization applications in networking and operations research.

Book Computing and Network Sustainability

Download or read book Computing and Network Sustainability written by Sheng-Lung Peng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a compilation of technical papers presented at the International Research Symposium on Computing and Network Sustainability (IRSCNS 2018) held in Goa, India on 30–31st August 2018. It covers areas such as sustainable computing and security, sustainable systems and technologies, sustainable methodologies and applications, sustainable networks applications and solutions, user-centered services and systems and mobile data management. Presenting novel and recent technologies, it is a valuable resource for researchers and industry professionals alike.

Book Swarm Intelligence Optimization

Download or read book Swarm Intelligence Optimization written by Abhishek Kumar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource optimization has always been a thrust area of research, and as the Internet of Things (IoT) is the most talked about topic of the current era of technology, it has become the need of the hour. Therefore, the idea behind this book was to simplify the journey of those who aspire to understand resource optimization in the IoT. To this end, included in this book are various real-time/offline applications and algorithms/case studies in the fields of engineering, computer science, information security, and cloud computing, along with the modern tools and various technologies used in systems, leaving the reader with a high level of understanding of various techniques and algorithms used in resource optimization.

Book Hybrid Particle Swarm Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problems

Download or read book Hybrid Particle Swarm Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problems written by Xiaoyu Song and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hybrid Particle Swarm Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problems.

Book Nature inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms

Download or read book Nature inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms written by Xin-She Yang and published by Luniver Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern metaheuristic algorithms such as bee algorithms and harmony search start to demonstrate their power in dealing with tough optimization problems and even NP-hard problems. This book reviews and introduces the state-of-the-art nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms in optimization, including genetic algorithms, bee algorithms, particle swarm optimization, simulated annealing, ant colony optimization, harmony search, and firefly algorithms. We also briefly introduce the photosynthetic algorithm, the enzyme algorithm, and Tabu search. Worked examples with implementation have been used to show how each algorithm works. This book is thus an ideal textbook for an undergraduate and/or graduate course. As some of the algorithms such as the harmony search and firefly algorithms are at the forefront of current research, this book can also serve as a reference book for researchers.

Book Particle Swarm Optimization with Applications

Download or read book Particle Swarm Optimization with Applications written by Pakize Erdogmus and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to gather recent studies on particle swarm optimization (PSO). In this book, readers can find the recent theoretical developments and applications on PSO algorithm. From the theoretical aspect, PSO has preserved its popularity because of the fast convergence rate, and a lot of hybrid algorithms have recently been developed in order to increase the performance of the algorithm. At the same time, PSO has also been used to solve different kinds of engineering optimization problems. In this book, a reader can find engineering applications of PSO, such as environmental economic dispatch and grid computing.

Book Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution for Multi objective Multiple Machine Scheduling

Download or read book Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution for Multi objective Multiple Machine Scheduling written by Jacomine Grobler and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Production scheduling is one of the most important issues in the planning and operation of manufacturing systems. Customers increasingly expect to receive the right product at the right price at the right time. Various problems experienced in manufacturing, for example low machine utilization and excessive work-in-process, can be attributed directly to inadequate scheduling. In this dissertation a production scheduling algorithm is developed for Optimatix, a South African-based company specializing in supply chain optimization. To address the complex requirements of the customer, the problem was modeled as a flexible job shop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent set-up times, auxiliary resources and production down time. The algorithm development process focused on investigating the application of both particle swarm optimization (PSO) and differential evolution (DE) to production scheduling environments characterized by multiple machines and multiple objectives. Alternative problem representations, algorithm variations and multi-objective optimization strategies were evaluated to obtain an algorithm which performs well against both existing rule-based algorithms and an existing complex flexible job shop scheduling solution strategy. Finally, the generality of the priority-based algorithm was evaluated by applying it to the scheduling of production and maintenance activities at Centurion Ice Cream and Sweets. The production environment was modeled as a multi-objective uniform parallel machine shop problem with sequence-dependent set-up times and unavailability intervals. A self-adaptive modified vector evaluated DE algorithm was developed and compared to classical PSO and DE vector evaluated algorithms. Promising results were obtained with respect to the suitability of the algorithms for solving a range of multi-objective multiple machine scheduling problems. Copyright.

Book Certain Investigation on Improved PSO Algorithm for Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Computing Environments

Download or read book Certain Investigation on Improved PSO Algorithm for Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Computing Environments written by Sadhasivam Narayanan and published by Anchor Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloud computing is a new prototype for enterprises which can effectively assist the execution of tasks. Task scheduling is a major constraint which greatly influences the performance of cloud computing environments. The cloud service providers and consumers have different objectives and requirements. For the moment, the load and availability of the resources vary dynamically with time. Therefore, in the cloud environment scheduling resources is a complicated problem. Moreover, task scheduling algorithm is a method by which tasks are allocated or matched to data center resources. All task scheduling problems in a cloud computing environment come under the class of combinatorial optimization problems which decide searching for an optimal solution in a finite set of potential solutions. For a combinatorial optimization problem in bounded time, exact algorithms always guarantee to find an optimal solution for every finite size instance. These kinds of problems are NP-Hard in nature. Moreover, for the large scale applications, an exact algorithm needs unexpected computation time which leads to an increase in computational burden. However, the absolutely perfect scheduling algorithm does not exist, because of conflicting scheduling objectives. Therefore, to overcome this constraint heuristic algorithms are proposed. In workflow scheduling problems, search space grows exponentially with the problem size. Heuristics optimization as a search method is useful in local search to find good solutions quickly in a restricted area. However, the heuristics optimization methods do not provide a suitable solution for the scheduling problem. Researchers have shown good performance of metaheuristic algorithms in a wide range of complex problems. In order to minimize the defined objective of task resource mapping, improved versions of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) are put in place to enhance scheduling performance with less computational burden. In recent years, PSO has been successfully applied to solve different kinds of problems. It is famous for its easy realization and fast convergence, while suffering from the possibility of early convergence to local optimums. In the proposed Improved Particle Swarm Optimization (IPSO) algorithm, whenever early convergence occurs, the original particle swarm would be considered the worst positions an individual particle and worst positions global particle the whole swarm have experienced.

Book Particle Swarm Optimization

Download or read book Particle Swarm Optimization written by Alex Lazinica and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a population based stochastic optimization technique influenced by the social behavior of bird flocking or fish schooling.PSO shares many similarities with evolutionary computation techniques such as Genetic Algorithms (GA). The system is initialized with a population of random solutions and searches for optima by updating generations. However, unlike GA, PSO has no evolution operators such as crossover and mutation. In PSO, the potential solutions, called particles, fly through the problem space by following the current optimum particles. This book represents the contributions of the top researchers in this field and will serve as a valuable tool for professionals in this interdisciplinary field.

Book Particle Swarm Optimization and Intelligence  Advances and Applications

Download or read book Particle Swarm Optimization and Intelligence Advances and Applications written by Parsopoulos, Konstantinos E. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents the most recent and established developments of Particle swarm optimization (PSO) within a unified framework by noted researchers in the field"--Provided by publisher.

Book Swarm Intelligence and Bio Inspired Computation

Download or read book Swarm Intelligence and Bio Inspired Computation written by Xin-She Yang and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swarm Intelligence and bio-inspired computation have become increasing popular in the last two decades. Bio-inspired algorithms such as ant colony algorithms, bat algorithms, bee algorithms, firefly algorithms, cuckoo search and particle swarm optimization have been applied in almost every area of science and engineering with a dramatic increase of number of relevant publications. This book reviews the latest developments in swarm intelligence and bio-inspired computation from both the theory and application side, providing a complete resource that analyzes and discusses the latest and future trends in research directions. It can help new researchers to carry out timely research and inspire readers to develop new algorithms. With its impressive breadth and depth, this book will be useful for advanced undergraduate students, PhD students and lecturers in computer science, engineering and science as well as researchers and engineers. - Focuses on the introduction and analysis of key algorithms - Includes case studies for real-world applications - Contains a balance of theory and applications, so readers who are interested in either algorithm or applications will all benefit from this timely book.

Book Proceedings of ICDMC 2019

Download or read book Proceedings of ICDMC 2019 written by Lung-Jieh Yang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Design, Materials, Cryogenics and Constructions (ICDMC 2019). The chapters cover latest research in different areas of mechanical engineering such as additive manufacturing, automation in industry and agriculture, combustion and emission control, CFD, finite element analysis, and engineering design. The book also focuses on cryogenic systems and low-temperature materials for cost-effective and energy-efficient solutions to current challenges in the manufacturing sector. Given its contents, the book can be useful for students, academics, and practitioners.

Book Intelligent Computing Theories and Application

Download or read book Intelligent Computing Theories and Application written by De-Shuang Huang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set of LNCS 12836 and LNCS 12837 constitutes - in conjunction with the volume LNAI 12838 - the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2021, held in Shenzhen, China in August 2021. The 192 full papers of the three proceedings volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 458 submissions. The ICIC theme unifies the picture of contemporary intelligent computing techniques as an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced computational intelligence and bridges theoretical research with applications. The theme for this conference is “Advanced Intelligent Computing Methodologies and Applications.” The papers are organized in the following subsections: Evolutionary Computation and Learning, Image and signal Processing, Information Security, Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition Swarm Intelligence and Optimization, and Virtual Reality and Human-Computer Interaction.