In order to efficiently solve the binary optimization problems by using differential evolution
(DE), a class of new transfer functions, Taper-shaped transfer function, is firstly proposed by …

The cryptocurrency industry has changed the human life and accelerated financial
exchange in this decade. Many investors want to invest in this industry and establish …

The optimization process entails determining the best values for various system
characteristics in order to finish the system design at the lowest possible cost. In general …

In order to solve the uncapacitated facility location problem (UFLP) quickly and effectively,
an enhanced group theory-based optimization algorithm (EGTOA) is proposed in this paper …

Most studies on task scheduling in the cloud consider at most two or three objectives and
hence the main motivation of this paper is to design the task scheduling problem by …

Stochastic methods attempt to solve problems that cannot be solved by deterministic
methods with reasonable time complexity. Optimization algorithms benefit from stochastic …

As the waste products have a variety of connection structure characteristics, the energy
consumed in tool switching in the disassembly process is considered to better …

Tree seed algorithm (TSA) is a recently proposed metaheuristic algorithm for solving
continuous optimization problems. In order to use TSA in binary optimization problems, the …

Metaheuristics, providing high level guidelines for heuristic optimisation, have successfully
been applied to many complex problems over the past decades. However, their …

Today, increasing communication of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearable sensors,
healthcare applications and cloud providers provides power and energy consumption for …