Nature-Inspired Methods for Metaheuristics Optimization Algorithms and Applications in Science and Engineering

This book gathers together a set of chapters covering recent development in optimization methods that are inspired by nature. The first group of chapters describes in detail different meta-heuristic algorithms, and shows their applicability using some test or real-world problems. The second part of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bennis, Fouad (Editor), Bhattacharjya, Rajib Kumar (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 10. Application of artificial immune system in Optimal Design of Irrigation Canal
  • 11. Biogeography Based Optimization for Water Pump Switching Problem
  • 12. Introduction to Invasive Weed Optimization Method
  • 13. Single-Level Production Planning in Petrochemical Industries using Novel Computational Intelligence Algorithms
  • 14. A Multi-Agent platform to support knowledge based modelling in engineering Design
  • Part II. Applications: 15. Synthesis of reference trajectories for humanoid robot supported by genetic algorithm
  • 16. Linked Simulation Optimization Model for Evaluation of Optimal Bank Protection Measures
  • 17. A GA Based Iterative Model for Identification of Unknown Groundwater Pollution Sources Considering Noisy Data
  • 18. Efficiency of Binary Coded Genetic Algorithm in Stability Analysis of an Earthen Slope
  • 19. Corridor allocation as a constrained optimization problem using a permutation-based multi-objective genetic algorithm
  • Part I. Algorithms: 1. Genetic algorithms: A mature bio-inspired optimization technique for difficult problems
  • 2. Introduction to Genetic Algorithm with a Simple Analogy
  • 3. Interactive genetic algorithm to collect user perceptions. Application to the design of stemmed glasses
  • 4. Differential Evolution and its application in Identification of Virus Release Location in a Sewer Line
  • 5. Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and An Application to Software Defect Prediction
  • 6. Firefly Algorithm and its Applications in Engineering Optimization
  • 7. Introduction to Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm and its Sensitivity to the Parameters of the Algorithm
  • 8. Groundwater Management using Coupled Analytic Element based Transient Groundwater Flow and Optimization Model
  • 9. Investigation of Bacterial Foraging Algorithm applied for PV parameter estimation, Selective harmonic elimination in inverters and optimal power flow for stability
  • 20. The constrained single-row facility layout problem with repairing mechanisms
  • 21. Geometric size optimization of annular step fin array for heat transfer by natural convection
  • 22. Optimal control of saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers using analytical approximation based on density dependent flow correction
  • 23. Dynamic Nonlinear Active Noise Control. A Multi-Objective Evolutionary Computing Approach
  • 24. Scheduling of Jobs on Dissimilar Parallel Machine using Computational Intelligence Algorithms
  • 25. Branch-and-Bound Method for Just-in-Time Optimization of Radar Search Patterns
  • 26. Optimization of the GIS based DRASTIC model for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment