Particle Swarm Algorithm variants for the Quadratic Assignment Problems-A probabilistic learning approach

F Hafiz, A Abdennour - Expert Systems with Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) has attracted considerable research
efforts due to its importance for a number of real life problems, in addition to its …

[PDF][PDF] An hybrid fuzzy variable neighborhood particle swarm optimization algorithm for solving quadratic assignment problems.

H Liu, A Abraham, M Clerc - J. Univers. Comput. Sci., 2007 - h.softcomputing.net
Recently, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm has exhibited good performance
across a wide range of application problems. A quick review of the literature reveals that …

A particle swarm approach to quadratic assignment problems

H Liu, A Abraham, J Zhang - Soft Computing in Industrial Applications …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm has exhibited good performance
across a wide range of application problems. But research on the Quadratic Assignment …

Memetic search for the quadratic assignment problem

U Benlic, JK Hao - Expert Systems with Applications, 2015 - Elsevier
The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is one of the most studied NP-hard problems with
various practical applications. In this work, we propose a powerful population-based …

Parameter selection of discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm for the quadratic assignment problems

TG Pradeepmon, VV Panicker, R Sridharan - Procedia Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Quadratic Assignment Problems (QAPs) are the hardest of combinatorial
optimization problems, with some problems of sizes of the order of 30 still remaining …

A novel discrete rat swarm optimization algorithm for the quadratic assignment problem

T Mzili, I Mzili, ME Riffi, D Pamucar… - Facta Universitatis …, 2023 - casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs
The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is an NP-hard problem with a wide range of
applications in many real-world applications. This study introduces a discrete rat swarm …

[PDF][PDF] Particle swarm optimization for quadratic assignment problems-a forma analysis approach

T Gong, AL Tuson - International Journal of Computational …, 2008 - researchgate.net
Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an innovative and competitive optimization technique
for numerical optimization with real-parameter representation. This paper examines the …

A hybrid algorithm combining lexisearch and genetic algorithms for the quadratic assignment problem

ZH Ahmed - Cogent engineering, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Lexisearch and genetic algorithms are two different types of methods for solving
combinatorial optimization problems. Lexisearch algorithm gives us exact optimal solution …

A novel multistart hyper-heuristic algorithm on the grid for the quadratic assignment problem

T Dokeroglu, A Cosar - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2016 - Elsevier
Hyper-heuristics introduce novel approaches for solving challenging combinatorial
optimization problems by operating over a set of low level (meta)-heuristics. This is achieved …

Solving the Quadratic Assignment Problem with the modified hybrid PSO algorithm

AS Mamaghani, MR Meybodi - 2012 6th International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper a particle swarm optimization algorithm is presented to solve the Quadratic
Assignment Problem, which is a NP-Complete problem and is one of the most interesting …