Advances in Metaheuristics for Hard Optimization 2008

• Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu, Linet Özdamar:
  Comparison of Simulated Annealing, Interval Partitioning and Hybrid Algorithms in Constrained Global Optimization. 1-22
  
• Horacio Martinez-Alfaro:
  Four-bar Mechanism Synthesis for n Desired Path Points Using Simulated Annealing. 23-37
  
• Ricardo P. Beausoleil:
  "MOSS-II" Tabu/Scatter Search for Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization. 39-67
  
• Muhammad Atif Tahir, Jim E. Smith:
  Feature Selection for Heterogeneous Ensembles of Nearest-neighbour Classifiers Using Hybrid Tabu Search. 69-85
  
• Adem Kalinli, Fatih Sarikoc:
  A Parallel Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm Based on Crossover Operation. 87-110
  
• Alberto V. Donati, Vince Darley, Bala Ramachandran:
  An Ant-bidding Algorithm for Multistage Flowshop Scheduling Problem: Optimization and Phase Transitions. 111-136
  
• Sung-Soo Kim, Alice E. Smith, Soon-Jung Hong:
  Dynamic Load Balancing Using an Ant Colony Approach in Micro-cellular Mobile Communications Systems. 137-152
  
• Gusz Eiben, Martijn C. Schut:
  New Ways to Calibrate Evolutionary Algorithms. 153-177
  
• Marc Schoenauer, Pierre Savéant, Vincent Vidal:
  Divide-and-Evolve: a Sequential Hybridization Strategy Using Evolutionary Algorithms. 179-198
  
• Carlos García-Martínez, Manuel Lozano:
  Local Search Based on Genetic Algorithms. 199-221
  
• Francisco Baptista Pereira, Jorge M. C. Marques, Tiago Leitão, Jorge Tavares:
  Designing Efficient Evolutionary Algorithms for Cluster Optimization: A Study on Locality. 223-250
  
• Pankaj Kumar, Ankur Gupta, Valadi K. Jayaraman, Bhaskar D. Kulkarni:
  Aligning Time Series with Genetically Tuned Dynamic Time Warping Algorithm. 251-261
  
• Jong-Hwan Kim, Chi-Ho Lee, Kang-Hee Lee, Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy:
  Evolutionary Generation of Artificial Creature's Personality for Ubiquitous Services. 263-292
  
• Antonin Ponsich, Catherine Azzaro-Pantel, Serge Domenech, Luc Pibouleau:
  Some Guidelines for Genetic Algorithm Implementation in MINLP Batch Plant Design Problems. 293-315
  
• Márcia Marcondes Altimari Samed, Mauro Antonio da Silva Sa Ravagnani:
  Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithm to Solve Economic Dispatch. 317-327
  
• Efrén Mezura-Montes, Edgar Alfredo Portilla-Flores, Carlos A. Coello Coello, Jaime Alvarez-Gallegos, Carlos Alberto Cruz Villar:
  An Evolutionary Approach to Solve a Novel Mechatronic Multiobjective Optimization Problem. 329-351
  
• Hélcio Vieira Jr.:
  Optimizing Stochastic Functions Using a Genetic Algorithm: An Aeronautic Military Application. 353-363
  
• Jörn Grahl, Stefan Minner, Peter A. N. Bosman:
  Learning Structure Illuminates Black Boxes - An Introduction to Estimation of Distribution Algorithms. 365-395
  
• Zhenyu Yang, Xin Yao, Jingsong He:
  Making a Difference to Differential Evolution. 397-414
  
• Sebastien Aupetit, Nicolas Monmarché, Mohamed Slimane:
  Hidden Markov Models Training Using Population-based Metaheuristics. 415-438
  
• Fred Glover:
  Inequalities and Target Objectives for Metaheuristic Search - Part I: Mixed Binary Optimization. 439-474