In this article, the authors propose a decision support system which aims to optimize the classical Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem by considering the existence of multiple available depots and a time window which must not be violated, that they call the Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem...

This article describes how the 0/1 Multiple Knapsack Problem (MKP), a generalization of popular 0/1 Knapsack Problem, is NP-hard and harder than simple Knapsack Problem. Solution of MKP involves two levels of choice – one for selecting an item to be placed and the other for selecting the...

This article presents a variant of an asynchronous differential evolution (ADE) algorithm for solving global optimization problems. The proposed algorithm uses the mean of two randomly chosen variables as a third variable to perform a mutation operation. The modification in a mutation operation...

This article makes an effort to assess the performance of a stacked meandered patch antenna in proximity of multiple homogeneous human tissue models. Nowadays, many smart wireless gadgets are being used around human vicinity, hence the performance investigation of these wireless gadgets is major...

Analysing sentiments of various online communities have become now an interesting topic of research and industry. The behaviour of online communities resembles that of a swarm. This article presents a Gravitational Search algorithmic approach for sentiment analysis of online communities, and an...

Social science research is concerned with the study of processes and phenomena in human societies, institutions and organizations. Social phenomena are complex due to many non-linear interactions between their elements. Social simulation represents a new paradigm for understanding social...

The growing demand of new technology is impulsively observing the introduction of an innovative and computing paradigm that guarantees to profoundly affect the way we associate with PCs, electronic gadgets, mobile devices, cyber spaces, and associate peripherals. This new emerging technology,...

In this article the authors investigate the application of the heart algorithm for solving unconstraint numerical optimization problems. Heart algorithms are a novel optimization algorithm which mimics the heart function and circulatory system procedure in the human beings. It starts with a...

Floods are problems which become disasters if they persist for a long duration. Out of all kind of floods, a rainfall-induced flood is just a problem created by a lack of water storage methods, which can be eliminated if a better removal system is available. For flood avoidance, many methods...

Generation of an efficient spreading code in Spread Spectrum Modulation (SSM) is always challenging due to considerations like optimum sequence length, physical layout of registers and power requirements. In this article, a design of a dynamic chaotic spreading sequence for application in a...