On the role of metaheuristic optimization in bioinformatics

L Calvet, S Benito, AA Juan… - … in Operational Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metaheuristic algorithms are employed to solve complex and large‐scale optimization
problems in many different fields, from transportation and smart cities to finance. This paper …

A hybrid crow search algorithm for solving the DNA fragment assembly problem

M Allaoui, B Ahiod, M El Yafrani - Expert Systems with Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
The sequencing of DNA goes through a step of fragment assembly, this step is known as
DNA fragment assembly problem (FAP). Fragment assembly is considered as an NP-hard …

An efficient-assembler whale optimization algorithm for DNA fragment assembly problem: analysis and validations

M Abdel-Basset, R Mohamed, KM Sallam… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The study of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is crucial in many fields, including medicine,
biology, zoology, agriculture, and forensics. Since reading a DNA sequence is onerous …

Application of an improved discrete crow search algorithm with local search and elitism on a humanitarian relief case

İM Eligüzel, E Özceylan - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2021 - Springer
This paper demonstrates an application of the improved crow search algorithm (I-CSA),
which is a modified version of the crow search algorithm (CSA). CSA is a recent, nature …

An efficient discrete PSO coupled with a fast local search heuristic for the DNA fragment assembly problem

AB Ali, G Luque, E Alba - Information Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) applied to the DNA fragment
assembly problem. Existing PSO algorithms for this permutation-based combinatorial …

An improved problem aware local search algorithm for the DNA fragment assembly problem

A Ben Ali, G Luque, E Alba, KE Melkemi - Soft Computing, 2017 - Springer
DNA fragment assembly is a critical and essential early task in a genome project. This task
leads to an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem, and thus, efficient approximate …

Restarting and recentering genetic algorithm variations for DNA fragment assembly: The necessity of a multi-strategy approach

JA Hughes, S Houghten, D Ashlock - Biosystems, 2016 - Elsevier
DNA Fragment assembly–an NP-Hard problem–is one of the major steps in of DNA
sequencing. Multiple strategies have been used for this problem, including greedy graph …

Recentering and restarting genetic algorithm variations for DNA fragment assembly

J Hughes, S Houghten… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Fragment Assembly Problem is a major component of the DNA sequencing process that
is identified as being NP-Hard. A variety of approaches to this problem have been used …

A memetic gravitation search algorithm for solving DNA fragment assembly problems

KW Huang, JL Chen, CS Yang… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
The DNA fragment assembly (DFA) problem is among the most critical problems in
computational biology. Being NP-hard, it can be efficiently solved via meta-heuristic …

Solving the DNA fragment assembly problem with a parallel discrete firefly algorithm implemented on GPU

PJ Vidal, AC Olivera - Computer Science and Information Systems, 2018 - doiserbia.nb.rs
The Deoxyribonucleic Acid Fragment Assembly Problem (DNA-FAP) consists in
reconstructing a DNA chain from a set of fragments taken randomly. This problem represents …