Memetic algorithms and memetic computing optimization: A literature review

F Neri, C Cotta - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2012 - Elsevier
Memetic computing is a subject in computer science which considers complex structures
such as the combination of simple agents and memes, whose evolutionary interactions lead …

Recent advances in differential evolution: a survey and experimental analysis

F Neri, V Tirronen - Artificial intelligence review, 2010 - Springer
Differential Evolution (DE) is a simple and efficient optimizer, especially for continuous
optimization. For these reasons DE has often been employed for solving various …

[KNIHA][B] Handbook of memetic algorithms

F Neri, C Cotta, P Moscato - 2011 - books.google.com
Memetic Algorithms (MAs) are computational intelligence structures combining multiple and
various operators in order to address optimization problems. The combination and …

Memetic compact differential evolution for cartesian robot control

F Neri, E Mininno - IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article deals with optimization problems to be solved in the absence of a full power
computer device. The goal is to solve a complex optimization problem by using a control …

A memetic algorithm with adaptive hill climbing strategy for dynamic optimization problems

H Wang, D Wang, S Yang - Soft Computing, 2009 - Springer
Dynamic optimization problems challenge traditional evolutionary algorithms seriously since
they, once converged, cannot adapt quickly to environmental changes. This paper …

Scale factor local search in differential evolution

F Neri, V Tirronen - Memetic Computing, 2009 - Springer
This paper proposes the scale factor local search differential evolution (SFLSDE). The
SFLSDE is a differential evolution (DE) based memetic algorithm which employs, within a …

Ockham's razor in memetic computing: three stage optimal memetic exploration

G Iacca, F Neri, E Mininno, YS Ong, MH Lim - Information Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Memetic computing is a subject in computer science which considers complex structures as
the combination of simple agents, memes, whose evolutionary interactions lead to intelligent …

An improved migrating birds optimisation for a hybrid flowshop scheduling with total flowtime minimisation

QK Pan, Y Dong - Information Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Migrating birds optimisation (MBO) is a new nature-inspired metaheuristic for combinatorial
optimisation problems. This paper proposes an improved MBO to minimise the total flowtime …

A study on scale factor in distributed differential evolution

M Weber, F Neri, V Tirronen - Information Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper proposes the employment of multiple scale factor values within distributed
differential evolution structures. Four different scale factor schemes are proposed, tested …

Disturbed exploitation compact differential evolution for limited memory optimization problems

F Neri, G Iacca, E Mininno - Information Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel and unconventional Memetic Computing approach for solving
continuous optimization problems characterized by memory limitations. The proposed …