Outputs (33)

An adaptive mutation scheme for a penalty-based graph-colouring GA. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ross, P., & Hart, E. (1998, September). An adaptive mutation scheme for a penalty-based graph-colouring GA

The folklore of evolutionary algorithms still seems to contain some gross over-generalistions, such as that direct encodings are inferior to indirect ones, that penalty-function methods are often poor, and that observed performance on a few instances... Read More about An adaptive mutation scheme for a penalty-based graph-colouring GA..

Some observations about GA-based exam timetabling. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ross, P., Hart, E., & Corne, D. (1997, August). Some observations about GA-based exam timetabling. Presented at Second International Conference, PATAT’97, Toronto, Canada

Although many people have tried using genetic algorithms (GAs) for exam timetabling, far fewer have done systematic investigations to try to determine whether a GA is a good choice of method or not. We have extensively studied GAs that use one partic... Read More about Some observations about GA-based exam timetabling..

Solving a real-world problem using an evolving heuristically driven schedule builder. (1998)
Journal Article
Hart, E., Ross, P., & Nelson, J. (1998). Solving a real-world problem using an evolving heuristically driven schedule builder. Evolutionary Computation, 6(1), 61-80. https://doi.org/10.1162/evco.1998.6.1.61

This work addresses the real-life scheduling problem of a Scottish company that must produce daily schedules for the catching and transportation of large numbers of live chickens. The problem is complex and highly constrained. We show that it can be... Read More about Solving a real-world problem using an evolving heuristically driven schedule builder..