In this article, we propose the Mapping-based Pseudo Binary Differential Evolution (MPBDE) algorithm for solving discrete optimization problems. Based on the framework of the standard DE, a new boundary constraint-handling operator ensures that the results of the mutation operator meet the boundary conditions. Then the real values of the genotypes mapped into the discrete ones in the phenotypes...

This paper presents an improved artificial bee colony (IABC) algorithm for solving the blocking flowshop problem with the objective of minimizing makespan. The proposed IABC algorithm utilizes discrete job permutations to represent solutions and applies insert and swap operators to generate new solutions for the employed and onlooker bees. The differential evolution algorithm is employed to obt...

Synergetic neural network (SNN) is a top-down network to explain the phase transition and self-organization in non-equilibrium system. The network parameters have a crucial impact on the recognition performance of synergetic neural network. At present, there is no good way to control and adjust the network parameters. To solve these problems, an improved parameters optimization algorithm based ...

The Frequency Assignment is a very important task in the planning of the GSM networks, and it still continues to be a critical task for current (and future) mobile communication operators. In this work we present a hybrid Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm to solve a real-world instance of the Frequency Assignment problem. We present a detailed explanation about the hybridization method appl...

—This paper introduces an improved Differential Evolution algorithm (IDE) which aims at improving its performance in estimating the relevant parameters for metabolic pathway data to simulate glycolysis pathway for yeast. Metabolic pathway data are expected to be of significant help in the development of efficient tools in kinetic modeling and parameter estimation platforms. Many computation alg...