Much combinatorial optimisation problems constitute a non-polynomial (NP) hard optimisation problem, i.e., they can not be solved in polynomial time. One such problem is finding the shortest route between two nodes on a graph. Meta-heuristic algorithms such as along with mixed-integer programming (MIP) methods …
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A novel SVR parameter optimization method using GSA outperforms other meta-heuristics in stock market forecasting.
problem Optimizing SVR parameters for reliable regression performance on small sample sizes.
method Golden Sine Algorithm (GSA) for parameter tuning of SVR.
result The GSA-based SVR outperforms eleven other meta-heuristics in terms of accuracy and computing time.
A new optimizer, MVO, improves nonlinear regression performance.
problem Finding optimal coefficients in nonlinear regression models.
method Multi-Verse Optimizer (MVO) compared to Particle Swarm Optimizer (PSO).
result MVO statistically outperforms PSO in 10 nonlinear regression problems.
In this paper, we solve portfolio rebalancing problem when security returns are represented by uncertain variables considering transaction costs. The performance of the proposed model is studied using constant-proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) as rebalancing strategy. Numerical results showed that uncertain paramet…
A genetic algorithm with community detection improves feature selection accuracy.
problem Feature selection in high-dimensional datasets.
method Community detection in genetic algorithm for feature selection.
result The new approach yields improved classification accuracy.
This work proposes a MFO framework for simultaneously evolving DQL models.
problem Complex DQL models struggle to converge to optimal policies due to exploration and sparse rewards.
method Combines meta-heuristic optimization, Transfer Learning, and DQL to automate knowledge transfer and policy learning.
result Framework automates knowledge transfer and policy learning of distributed RL agents.
Clustering algorithms have regained momentum with recent popularity of data mining and knowledge discovery approaches. To obtain good clustering in reasonable amount of time, various meta-heuristic approaches and their hybridization, sometimes with K-Means technique, have been employed. A Kalman Filtering based heurist…
Study models opaque financial markets using multi-agent simulation.
problem Challenges in financial markets with obscured data availability.
method Multi-agent simulation with small-scale meta-heuristic methods.
result Captures bilateral market dynamics of OTC trading.
Support Vector Regression (SVR) has achieved high performance on forecasting future behavior of random systems. However, the performance of SVR models highly depends upon the appropriate choice of SVR parameters. In this study, a novel BOA-SVR model based on Butterfly Optimization Algorithm (BOA) is presented. The perf…
While there are optimal TSP solvers, as well as recent learning-based approaches, the generalization of the TSP to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem is much less studied. Here, we design a neural network solution that treats the salesmen, cities and depot as three different sets of varying cardinalities. We apply…
A widely studied non-deterministic polynomial time (NP) hard problem lies in finding a route between the two nodes of a graph. Often meta-heuristics algorithms such as are employed on graphs with a large number of nodes. Here, we propose a deep recurrent neural network architecture based on the Sequence-2-Seque…
Autodock is a widely used molecular modeling tool which predicts how small molecules bind to a receptor of known 3D structure. The current version of AutoDock uses meta-heuristic algorithms in combination with local search methods for doing the conformation search. Appropriate settings of hyperparameters in these algor…
Hybrid models improve groundwater level prediction and uncertainty analysis.
problem Predicting and analyzing uncertainty of monthly groundwater levels.
method Six evolutionary optimization algorithms (GOA, CSO, WA, GA, KA, PSO) hybridized with ANFIS, ANN, and SVM.
result ANFIS-GOA outperformed other models in predicting groundwater levels.
Study uses DHS to classify anemia types using CBC indices.
problem Anemia classification for medical purposes.
method Dynamic Harmony Search (DHS) applied to CBC indices.
result DHS outperforms other models in anemia classification.
Paper proposes a reinforcement learning framework for efficient hyper-parameter tuning of stochastic optimization algorithms.
problem Efficient tuning of hyper-parameters for stochastic optimization algorithms.
method Modeling hyper-parameter tuning as a Markov decision process and using policy gradient algorithms.
result The proposed framework significantly reduces the time required for hyper-parameter tuning compared to Bayesian optimization.
Parallel Implementation of Efficient Search Schemes for the Inference of Cancer Progression Modelscs.LG
The emergence and development of cancer is a consequence of the accumulation over time of genomic mutations involving a specific set of genes, which provides the cancer clones with a functional selective advantage. In this work, we model the order of accumulation of such mutations during the progression, which eventual…
JAMPR learns to solve complex VRP with time windows.
problem Vehicle routing problems with time windows and vehicle capacities.
method Joint attention to construct multiple routes concurrently.
result JAMPR outperforms existing models on different problem sizes.
A large number of engineering, science and computational problems have yet to be solved in a computationally efficient way. One of the emerging challenges is how evolving technologies grow towards autonomy and intelligent decision making. This leads to collection of large amounts of data from various sensing and measur…
Data extracted from software repositories is used intensively in Software Engineering research, for example, to predict defects in source code. In our research in this area, with data from open source projects as well as an industrial partner, we noticed several shortcomings of conventional data mining approaches for c…
Purpose: Malicious web domain identification is of significant importance to the security protection of Internet users. With online credibility and performance data, this paper aims to investigate the use of machine learning tech-niques for malicious web domain identification by considering the class imbalance issue (i…
A hybrid method combines GA and EN for feature selection in high-dimensional datasets.
problem Feature selection in high-dimensional datasets with high prediction error and computational inefficiency.
method Hybrid two-layer approach using Genetic Algorithm and Elastic Net.
result The hybrid method improves prediction accuracy and reduces computational time.
RL enhances cloud autoscaling by learning optimal resource allocation.
problem Optimizing resource allocation in dynamic, uncertain cloud environments.
method Reinforcement Learning for dynamic, transparent, and adaptable resource management policies.
result RL enables transparent, dynamic, and adaptable resource management policies.