Metaheuristics have often been shown to be effective for difficult combinatorial optimization problems. The reason for that, however, remains unclear. A framework for a theory of ...
We introduce a metaheuristic framework for combinatorial optimization. Our framework is similar to others (e.g. [1]) in that it is modular enough that important components can be i...
We present here a co-operative multithread metaheuristic. Each thread employs a (possibly) different optimization strategy and they are controlled by a Coordinator process. A rel...