Cellular Genetic Algorithms defines a new class of optimization algorithms based on the concepts of structured populations and Genetic Algorithms (GAs). The authors explain and demonstrate the validity of these cellular genetic algorithms throughout the book. This class of genetic algorithms is...

Computer Science and Operations Research continue to have a synergistic relationship and this book - as a part of the Operations Research and Computer Science Interface Series - sits squarely in the center of the confluence of these two technical research communities. The research presented in...

This book focuses on real time management of distribution systems, integrating the latest results in system design, algorithm development and system implementation to capture the state-of-the art research and application trends. The book important topics such as goods dispatching, couriers,...

Plenary Article -- Improving Hurricane Prediction Through Innovative Global Modeling -- Networks and Graphs -- A Branch-And-Price Approach for Graph Multi-Coloring -- A Genetic Algorithm for Solving the Euclidean Non-Uniform Steiner Tree Problem -- Optimization -- Cardinality and the Simplex...