Multiobjective Optimization of Sustainable WCO for Biodiesel Supply Chain Network Design by Nana Geng, Yixiang Sun

“…In order to effectively solve the model, a Pareto optimal NSGAII heuristic algorithm is proposed and applied to a practical case study of restaurants in Jiangsu Province. …”
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A Modified Column Generation to Solve the Heterogeneous Fixed Fleet Open Vehicle Routing Problem by Majid Yousefikhoshbakht, Azam Dolatnejad, Farzad Didehvar, Farhad Rahmati

“…Since this problem belongs to NP-hard problems, in this paper a compound heuristic algorithm called SISEC which includes sweep algorithm, insert, swap, and 2-opt moves, modified elite ant system (EAS), and column generation (CG) is applied to solve the HFFOVRP. …”
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Mobile Base Station and Clustering to Maximize Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks by Oday Jerew, Kim Blackmore, Weifa Liang

“…In the work of Jerew and Liang (2009) we have proposed a novel clustering-based heuristic algorithm for finding a trajectory of the mobile BS that strikes a nontrivial tradeoff between the traffic load among sensor nodes and the tour time constraint of the mobile BS. …”
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Energy Balanced Scheduling for Target Tracking with Distance-Dependent Measurement Noise in a WSN by Xiaoqing Hu, Ming Bao, Yu-Hen Hu, Bugong Xu

“…An efficient, distributed, polynomial time heuristic algorithm that achieves a performance close to the optimal solution is proposed. …”
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Edge-assisted UAV onboard video compression and transmission for efficient inference of patrolling tasks by YANG Peng, LIANG Yuxin, KONG Yuxin, LIU Mingliu

“…A joint optimization problem was thus formulated for RoI box selection and adaptive coding configuration, which was solved via a heuristic algorithm. Experimental results demonstrate that, the proposed approach can effectively improve the detection accuracy of patrolling tasks, reduce data transmission volume, and significantly lower system latency, indicating great potential in UAV-based patrolling applications.…”
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ptimal Allocation of Orders in the Online Load Distribution and Load Balancing of Assembly Lines by Nima Rahmani, Amir Najafi

“…Johnson, Palmer, and the meta-heuristic algorithm of annealing are the three allocation approaches studied in this paper, using the data obtained from the production line of polymer films, Plate Company, Iran. …”
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A Low Complexity Near-Optimal Detector Based on Teaching-Learning Algorithm for Massive MIMO by Hamid Amiriara, Mohammadreza Zahabi

“…In this paper, a low-complexity receiver is proposed using a Teaching-Learning based optimization (TLBO) heuristic algorithm for a large-scale system. The TLBO algorithm, as one of the advanced methods of intelligence, is very useful for large-scale problems. …”
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Forecasting Renewable energy and electricity consumption using evolutionary hyperheuristic algorithm by Yang Cao, Jun Yu, Rui Zhong, Masaharu Munetomo

“…To address this, we propose an auto-evolution hyper-heuristic algorithm named AE-GAPB. AE-GAPB integrates a genetic algorithm (GA) at the high-level component and employs particle swarm optimization (PSO) and the bat algorithm (BA) at the low-level component. …”
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An ACOA-AFSA Fusion Routing Algorithm for Underwater Wireless Sensor Network by Huafeng Wu, Xinqiang Chen, Chaojian Shi, Yingjie Xiao, Ming Xu

“…Basic ant colony optimization algorithm (ACOA) is an intelligent heuristic algorithm which has good robustness, distributed computing and combines with other algorithms easily. …”
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Ameliorated Chameleon Algorithm-Based Shape Optimization of Disk Wang–Ball Curves by Yan Liang, Rui Yang, Xianzhi Hu, Gang Hu

“…Finally, the meta-heuristic algorithm MCSA is introduced to solve the established optimization model to obtain the minimum energy value, and its performance is verified by comparison with other algorithms. …”
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Research on Optimization Model of Logistics Transportation Truck Path considering Environmental Impact: Experimental Data from Xiqing District, Tianjin by Qianqian Han, Yao Sun, Qingdong Wu, Zijian Bai

“…In this context, this paper put forward a truck path optimization model considering environmental impact (TPOM-EI), which is solved by a heuristic algorithm—ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm. …”
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Fare Design in Urban Transit Network considering Elastic Demand and Adverse Weather’s Impact by Jiantong Zhang, Biyu Lv, Guichao Tian, Wenchi Liu

“…Such transit fare design problem is described through bilevel programming, in which the upper level is the transportation authority’s transit fare structure decision aiming to minimize the transit network’s total travel and operation cost, while the lower level is a transit network assignment model considering supply and demand uncertainties that influence passengers’ travel choice decisions. A heuristic algorithm is developed to solve the problem, and a numerical example is presented to illustrate the application. …”
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A Heuristic Genetic Algorithm for Regional Targets’ Small Satellite Image Downlink Scheduling Problem by Yan-Jie Song, Zhong-Shan Zhang, Kai Sun, Feng Yao, Ying-Wu Chen

“…We compare the effect of HGA, basic genetic algorithm (GA), and construction heuristic algorithm. The experimental results proved that the proposed approach ensures the successful completion of observation tasks and is effective for SSIDSP.…”
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An Optimal Hierarchical Decision Model for a Regional Logistics Network with Environmental Impact Consideration by Dezhi Zhang, Shuangyan Li, Jin Qin

“…Logistics operators are assumed to compete with logistics service fare and frequency, while logistics users minimize their own perceived logistics disutility given logistics operators’ service fare and frequency. A heuristic algorithm based on the multinomial logit model is presented for the three-level decision model, and a numerical example is given to illustrate the above optimal model and its algorithm. …”
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Optimization of Job Scheduling in the Cloud Computing Environment Using the Fuzzy Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Shabnam Gharaeian, Khosrow Amirizadeh

“…In this work, using the meta-heuristic algorithm of swarm particles optimization (PSO) and fuzzy logic, task completion time is reduced, and, as a result of which, efficiency of using resources is increased. …”
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: Mobility-Centric Roadside Units Deployment for Vehicular Networks by Yongping Xiong, Jian Ma, Wendong Wang, Dengbiao Tu

“…By reducing it into the minimum vertex coverage problem, we show that the RSU deployment problem is NP-complete. Then, a heuristic algorithm RoadGate is proposed to search greedily the optimal positions. …”
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Analysis of Intelligent Transportation System Application Based on Internet of Things and Big Data Technology under the Background of Information Society by Di Wang, Weijing Xu, Xuesong Jia

“…The advantages and disadvantages of genetic algorithm and heuristic algorithm are analyzed, and ant colony algorithm is used for further optimization. …”
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Network Planning Method for Capacitated Metro-Based Underground Logistics System by Jianjun Dong, Wanjie Hu, Shen Yan, Rui Ren, Xiaojing Zhao

“…Then, a hybrid algorithm was designed with a combination of E-TOPSIS, exact algorithm, and heuristic algorithm. Finally, two lines of Nanjing Metro were selected as a case to validate the proposed planning method. …”
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Equity-Oriented Train Timetabling with Collaborative Passenger Flow Control: A Spatial Rebalance of Service on an Oversaturated Urban Rail Transit Line by Chaoqi Gong, Baohua Mao, Min Wang, Tong Zhang

“…Based on the linear weighting technique, an iterative heuristic algorithm combining the tabu search and Gurobi solver is designed to solve the proposed model. …”
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Developing an efficient algorithm for robust school bus routing with heterogeneous fleet by Mohamad Ali Movafaghpour

“…The uncertainty of travel times is modeled as interval numbers. We propose a heuristic algorithm to generate extreme scenarios. Each scenario is generated in order to make the last found optimal solution into an infeasible one as much as possible.Findings: Experimental results show that deploying this novel algorithm for generating extreme scenarios, efficiently produces diverse scenarios. …”
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