Using a directed mutation can improve the efficiency of processing many optimization problems. The first mutation operators of this kind proposed by Hildebrand [1], however, suffer...
Hybrid algorithms that combine genetic algorithms with the Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm have been effective in solving certain optimization problems. In this article, we apply a s...
Praveen Koduru, Sanjoy Das, Stephen Welch, Judith ...
When similarity queries over multimedia databases are processed by splitting the overall query condition into a set of sub-queries, the problem of how to efficiently and effectiv...
Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia, Vincent Oria, M. ...
— In recent years, the research community introduced various methods for processing skyline queries in multidimensional databases. The skyline operator retrieves all objects bein...
Peptide-based vaccines, in which small peptides derived from target proteins (epitopes) are used to provoke an immune reaction, have attracted considerable attention recently as a...