In this research work a large set of the classical numerical functions were taken into account in order to understand both the search capability and the ability to escape from a lo...
Vincenzo Cutello, Giuseppe Nicosia, Mario Pavone, ...
Local search algorithms often get trapped in local optima. Algorithms such as tabu search and simulated annealing 'escape' local optima by accepting nonimproving moves. ...
Laura Barbulescu, Jean-Paul Watson, L. Darrell Whi...
Imagine you are trapped in a maze of caves. All you have is an old rusty compass and barely enough light to read it. How much inaccuracy can you allow to ensure that you can leave...
ion of a given partial assignment of values to variables. Compared with other symmetry breaking techniques, the big advantage of dynamic symmetry breaking is that it can accommodat...