Application of Ants Ideas on Image Edge Detection
AbstractThe aim of the image edge detection is to find the points, in a digital image, at which the brightness level changes sharply. Normally they are curved lines called edges. Edge detection is a...
View ArticleInterCriteria Analysis of Genetic Algorithms Performance
AbstractIn this paper we apply InterCriteria Analysis (ICrA) approach based on the apparatus of Index Matrices and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets. The main idea is to use ICrA to establish the existing...
View ArticleInterCriteria Analysis of Ant Algorithm with Environment Change for GPS...
AbstractIn this paper we apply InterCriteria Analysis (ICrA), which is based on the apparatus of Index Matrices and Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets. We apply ICrA on the well-known Ant Colony Optimization...
View ArticleMetaheuristic Method for Transport Modelling and Optimization
AbstractPublic transport is a shared passenger transport service, which is available for use by general public. The operational efficiency of public transport is essential to provide good service....
View ArticleIntroducing the Environment in Ant Colony Optimization
AbstractMeta-heuristics are general-purpose methods for global optimization, which take generally inspiration from natural behaviors and phenomena. Among the others, Ant Colony Optimization (ACO)...
View ArticleWireless Sensor Positioning Using ACO Algorithm
AbstractSpatially distributed sensors, which communicate wirelessly form a wireless sensor network (WSN). This network monitors physical or environmental conditions. A central gateway, called high...
View ArticleGeneralized Nets as a Tool for Modelling of Railway Networks
AbstractThe oldest public transport, which is used now days, is the railway. There exist different kinds of transportation models. The importance and role of each type of models is discussed in...
View ArticleInterCriteria Analysis of Relations Between Model Parameters Estimates and...
AbstractIn this paper we apply the approach InterCriteria Analysis (ICrA) to establish the existing relations and dependencies of defined parameters in non-linear model of an E. coli fed-batch...
View ArticleComparison of Different ACO Start Strategies Based on InterCriteria Analysis
AbstractInthecombinatorial optimization, the goal is to find the optimal object from a finite set of objects. From computational point of view the combinatorial optimization problems are hard to be...
View ArticleAnt Colony Optimization Application to GPS Surveying Problems: InterCriteria...
AbstractAnt Colony Optimization (ACO) has been used successfully to solve hard combinatorial optimization problems. This metaheuristics method is inspired by the foraging behavior of ant colonies,...
View Article2D Optimal Cutting Problem
AbstractGood management of industrial processes lead to optimization problems. Some of them are NP-hard and needs special algorithms to be solved. One such problem is cutting stock problem (CSP). The...
View ArticleRepresentation of Civilians and Police Officers by Generalized Nets for...
AbstractAgent-based modeling and simulation to solve difficult problems, becomes very popular last years. Predicting and preventing conflict situations are very actual now days. Therefore various...
View ArticleAnt Colony Optimization Algorithm for 1D Cutting Stock Problem
AbstractEvery day different companies in industry have to solve many optimization problems. One of them is cutting out of linear materials, like steel or aluminum profiles, steel or wood beams and so...
View ArticleHeuristic Algorithm for 2D Cutting Stock Problem
AbstractEvery day optimization problems arise in our life and industry. Many of them require huge amount of calculations and need special type of algorithms to be solved. An important industrial...
View ArticleInfluence of Ant Colony Optimization Parameters on the Algorithm Performance
AbstractIn this paper an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm for parameter identification of cultivation process models is proposed. In computational point of view it is a hard problem. To be...
View ArticleIntercriteria Analysis of ACO Performance for Workforce Planning Problem
AbstractThe workforce planning helps organizations to optimize the production process with the aim to minimize the assigning costs. The problem is to select a set of employees from a set of available...
View ArticleAnt Colony Optimization Algorithm for Workforce Planning: Influence of the...
AbstractThe workforce planning is a difficult optimization problem. It is important real life problem which helps organizations to determine workforce which they need. A workforce planning problem is...
View ArticleSimulated Annealing Method for Metal Nanoparticle Structures Optimization
AbstractThe goal of this paper is to develop an efficient method to search for metal and bimetal nanoparticle structures with the lowest possible potential energy. This is a global optimization...
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