Machine learning at the service of meta-heuristics for solving combinatorial optimization problems: A state-of-the-art

M Karimi-Mamaghan, M Mohammadi, P Meyer… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in integrating machine learning
techniques into meta-heuristics for solving combinatorial optimization problems. This …

Machine learning into metaheuristics: A survey and taxonomy

EG Talbi - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2021 - dl.acm.org
During the past few years, research in applying machine learning (ML) to design efficient,
effective, and robust metaheuristics has become increasingly popular. Many of those …

Evolutionary transfer optimization-a new frontier in evolutionary computation research

KC Tan, L Feng, M Jiang - IEEE Computational Intelligence …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolutionary algorithm (EA) is a nature-inspired population-based search method that
works on Darwinian principles of natural selection. Due to its strong search capability and …

Insights on transfer optimization: Because experience is the best teacher

A Gupta, YS Ong, L Feng - IEEE Transactions on Emerging …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional optimization solvers tend to start the search from scratch by assuming zero prior
knowledge about the task at hand. Generally speaking, the capabilities of solvers do not …

Genetic algorithms

K Sastry, D Goldberg, G Kendall - Search methodologies: Introductory …, 2005 - Springer
Chapter 4 GENETIC ALGORITHMS Page 1 Chapter 4 GENETIC ALGORITHMS Kumara Sastry,
David Goldberg University of Illinois, USA Graham Kendall University of Nottingham, UK 4.1 …

Evolutionary computation meets machine learning: A survey

J Zhang, Z Zhan, Y Lin, N Chen, Y Gong… - IEEE Computational …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evolutionary computation (EC) is a kind of optimization methodology inspired by the
mechanisms of biological evolution and behaviors of living organisms. In the literature, the …

A knowledge-based ant colony optimization for flexible job shop scheduling problems

LN Xing, YW Chen, P Wang, QS Zhao, J Xiong - Applied Soft Computing, 2010 - Elsevier
A Knowledge-Based Ant Colony Optimization (KBACO) algorithm is proposed in this paper
for the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem (FJSSP). KBACO algorithm provides an …

Learnheuristics: hybridizing metaheuristics with machine learning for optimization with dynamic inputs

L Calvet, J de Armas, D Masip, AA Juan - Open Mathematics, 2017 - degruyter.com
This paper reviews the existing literature on the combination of metaheuristics with machine
learning methods and then introduces the concept of learnheuristics, a novel type of hybrid …

Evolutionary multitask optimization: a methodological overview, challenges, and future research directions

E Osaba, J Del Ser, AD Martinez, A Hussain - Cognitive Computation, 2022 - Springer
In this work, we consider multitasking in the context of solving multiple optimization problems
simultaneously by conducting a single search process. The principal goal when dealing with …

Multiproblem surrogates: Transfer evolutionary multiobjective optimization of computationally expensive problems

ATW Min, YS Ong, A Gupta… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In most real-world settings, designs are often gradually adapted and improved over time.
Consequently, there exists knowledge from distinct (but possibly related) design exercises …