In order to retrieve, select and apply design patterns in a tool-supported way, we suggest to construct and document a problemcontext pattern that reflects the essence of the prob...
This paper investigates how the Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm (UMDA) behaves in non-stationary environments when engaging in sampling and selection strategies designe...
The timetabling problem consists in fixing a sequence of meetings between teachers and students in a prefixed period of time (typically a week), satisfying a set of constraints of ...
We study a new placement problem: the reproducing placement problem (RPP). In each phase a module (or gate) is decomposed into two (or more) simpler modules. The goal is nd a \go...
The Disjunctive Temporal Problem with Uncertainty (DTPU) is an extension of the Disjunctive Temporal Problem (DTP) that accounts for events not under the control of the executing a...
Bart Peintner, Kristen Brent Venable, Neil Yorke-S...