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EVOW
2006
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Evolving the Structure of the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms
A new model for evolving the structure of a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is proposed in this paper. The model is a hybrid technique that combines a Genetic Algorithm...
Laura Diosan, Mihai Oltean
CEC
2009
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
Gradient estimation in global optimization algorithms
Abstract— The role of gradient estimation in global optimization is investigated. The concept of a regional gradient is introduced as a tool for analyzing and comparing different...
Megan Hazen, Maya R. Gupta
AAAI
2006
14 years 11 months ago
Algorithms for Control and Interaction of Large Formations of Robots
NSF and NASA sponsored a workshop to discuss harvesting solar power in space. One solution considered was the use of a swarm of robots to form a solar reflector. How can these rob...
Ross Mead, Jerry B. Weinberg
ATAL
2007
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
A swarm based approximated algorithm to the extended generalized assignment problem (E-GAP)
This paper addresses distributed task allocation in complex scenarios modeled using the distributed constraint optimization problem (DCOP) formalism. We propose and evaluate a nov...
Paulo Roberto Ferreira Jr., Felipe S. Boffo, Ana L...
MABS
1998
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
ABCDE: Agent Based Chaotic Dynamic Emergence
This paper concerns agent based experiments in the field of negotiation and exchange simulation. A computer simulation environment is built, showing the emergence of chaotic price ...
Pietro Terna