In this paper a new metaheuristic method is proposed to solve the classical permutation flowshop scheduling problem with the objective of minimizing sum of completion times. The representative neighbourhood combines the stochastic sampling method mainly used in Simulated Annealing and the best descent method elaborated in Tabu Search and integrates them naturally into a single method. The metho...

Some of the most successful algorithms for satisfiability, such as Walksat, are based on random walks. Similarly, local search algorithms for solving constraint optimization problems benefit significantly from randomization. However, well-known algorithms such as stochastic search or simulated annealing perform a less directed random walk than used in satisfiability. By making a closer analogy ...

This paper investigates Reinforcement Learning (RL) applied to online parameter tuning in Stochastic Local Search (SLS) methods. In particular, a novel application of RL is proposed in the Reactive Tabu Search (RTS) scheme, where the appropriate amount of diversification in prohibition-based local search is adapted in a fast online manner to the characteristics of a task and of the local config...

I recent years, much attention has been devoted to the development of metaheuristics and local search algorithms for tackling stochastic combinatorial optimization problems. This paper focuses on local search algorithms; their effectiveness is greatly determined by the evaluation procedure that is used to select the best of several solutions in the presence of uncertainty. In this paper, we pro...

fuzzy rule-based classification systems (frbcs) are highly investigated by researchers due to their noise-stability and  interpretability. unfortunately, generating a rule-base which is sufficiently both accurate and interpretable, is a hard process. rule weighting is one of the approaches to improve the accuracy of a pre-generated rule-base without modifying the original rules. most of the pro...

the capacitated clustering problem (ccp) is one of the most importantcombinational optimization problems that nowadays has many real applications inindustrial and service problems. in the ccp, a given n nodes with known demandsmust be partitioned into k distinct clusters in which each cluster is detailed by anode acting as a cluster center of this cluster. the objective is to minimize the sumof...

Stochastic local search (SLS) methods are underlying some of the best-performing algorithms for certain types of SAT instances, both from an empirical as well as from a theoretical point of view. By definition and in practice, random decisions are an essential ingredient of SLS algorithms. In this paper we empirically analyse the role of randomness in these algorithms. We first study the effect...

In this paper, we propose an extended local search framework to solve combinatorial optimization problems with data uncertainty. Our approach represents a major departure from scenario-based or stochastic programming approaches often used to tackle uncertainty. Given a value 0 < ≤ 1, we are interested to know what the robust objective value is, i.e. the optimal value if we allow an chance of no...

Stochastic local search (SLS) methods are underlying some of the best-performing algorithms for certain types of SAT instances, both from an empirical as well as from a theoretical point of view. By definition and in practice, random decisions are an essential ingredient of SLS algorithms. In this paper we empirically analyse the role of randomness in these algorithms. We first study the effect...

This paper proposes an application of probabilistic technique, namely Gaussian process regression, for estimating an optimal sequence of the single machine with total weighted tardiness (SMTWT) scheduling problem. In this work, the Gaussian process regression (GPR) model is utilized to predict an optimal sequence of the SMTWT problem, and its solution is improved by using an iterated local sear...