Modeling UAV swarm flight trajectories using Rapidly-exploring Random Tree algorithm by Jan M. Kelner, Wojciech Burzynski, Wojciech Stecz

“…Whereas, for determining the UAV flight trajectories, we propose to use a heuristic algorithm based on the modified Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT). …”
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Proactive Content Delivery with Service-Tier Awareness and User Demand Prediction by Jing Hu, Yaling Lai, Ao Peng, Xuemin Hong, Jianghong Shi

“…Three optimal algorithms and one heuristic algorithm are introduced to solve the cost-minimization problems of multi-user proactive content delivery under different modelling assumptions. …”
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Antisense Peptide Technology for Diagnostic Tests and Bioengineering Research by Nikola Štambuk, Paško Konjevoda, Josip Pavan

“…Antisense peptide technology (APT) is based on a useful heuristic algorithm for rational peptide design. It was deduced from empirical observations that peptides consisting of complementary (sense and antisense) amino acids interact with higher probability and affinity than the randomly selected ones. …”
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Solving Restricted Preemptive Scheduling on Parallel Machines with SAT and PMS by Xiaojuan Liao, Hui Zhang, Miyuki Koshimura, Rong Huang, Fagen Li

“…Furthermore, an existing heuristic algorithm is evaluated by the optimization methods.…”
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Solving probabilistic optimal power flow with renewable energy sources in distribution networks using fire hawk optimizer by Wisam Najm Al-Din Abed

“…The main contribution in this article is proposing a modern meta-heuristic algorithm for solving nonlinear, nonconvex, and complex OPF problems effectively in distribution networks, considering RES. …”
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An Improved Nonlinear Tuna Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based on Circle Chaos Map and Levy Flight Operator by Wentao Wang, Jun Tian

“…The tuna swarm optimization algorithm (TSO) is a new heuristic algorithm proposed by observing the foraging behavior of tuna populations. …”
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Topology Design of an Offshore Wind Farm with Multiple Types of Wind Turbines in a Circular Layout by Siyu Tao, Andrés Feijóo, Jiemin Zhou, Gang Zheng

“…Based on the establishment of the optimization model and a realistic wind condition, a novel heuristic algorithm, i.e., the whale optimization algorithm (WOA), is applied to solve the problem to obtain the type selection and coordinates of WTs simultaneously. …”
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Sand cat swarm optimization algorithm and its application integrating elite decentralization and crossbar strategy by Yancang Li, Qian Yu, Zunfeng Du

“…Abstract Sand cat swarm optimization algorithm is a meta-heuristic algorithm created to replicate the hunting behavior observed by sand cats. …”
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Strategy for Attending Takeoffs and Landings to Reduce the Aircraft Operating Costs and the Passenger Delays by Alfonso Herrera García, Eric Moreno Quintero

“…The order of attention given to each aircraft was obtained using a heuristic algorithm that did not require enumeration of all the possible sequences. …”
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Optimizing inland port scale and function decisions: A bilevel programming approach by Junchi Ma, Xifu Wang, Kai Yang, Lijun Jian, Yiwen Gao

“…To solve the proposed model, we develop a hybrid heuristic algorithm by combining a genetic algorithm and an exact solution method. …”
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Iterated Local Search Approach to a Single-Product, Multiple-Source, Inventory-Routing Problem by Federico Alonso-Pecina, Irma Yazmín Hérnandez-Báez, Roberto Enrique López-Díaz, Martin H. Cruz-Rosales

“…To approximate the optimal solution of this challenging problem, we developed a heuristic algorithm that first finds a feasible solution, and then iteratively improves it by combining the Metropolis criterion with local search. …”
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A New and Efficient Feature Extraction Method for Robust Speech Recognition Based on Fractional Fourier Transform and Differential Evolution Optimizer by Mohsen Sadeghi, Hossein Marvi, Ali Reza Ahmadyfard

“…Therefore, the proposed method obtains the optimum parameter of α for fractional Fourier Transform based on the noise class in the environment, adaptively by the Differential Evolution meta-heuristic algorithm. Moreover, TI Digit and Noisex-92 are used for evaluation of the resistance and accuracy of the recognition of the automatic speech recognition system. …”
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Optimizing Mixed Group Train Operation for Heavy-Haul Railway Transportation: A Case Study in China by Qinyu Zhuo, Weiya Chen, Ziyue Yuan

“…Through numerical experiments conducted on actual heavy-haul railway structures, we validate the effectiveness of the proposed model and meta-heuristic algorithm. The results of the first contrastive experiment show that the freight volume for group trains is 37.5% higher than that of traditional trains, and the second experiment shows a 30.6% reduction in the time during which the line is occupied by trains in GTO. …”
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Low-Sidelobe Pattern Synthesis for Spaceborne Array Antenna Based on Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm by Hongming Hu, Huawang Li, Lulu Zhao, Xinglong Jiang, Jiashuo Yang, Yangyang Zhang

“…As a type of new heuristic algorithm inspired by whale hunting behavior, WOA has the advantages of simple structure, few parameters, fast optimization speed, and high precision. …”
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An integrated project portfolio selection and resource investment problem to maximize net present value using genetic algorithm by Hamidreza Shahabifard, Behrouz Afshar-nadjafi

“…Since the developed model belongs toNP-hard problems list, so a genetic based meta-heuristic algorithm isproposed to tackle the developed model. …”
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A Modified Whale Optimization Algorithm with Single-Dimensional Swimming for Global Optimization Problems by Pengzhen Du, Weiming Cheng, Ning Liu, Haofeng Zhang, Jianfeng Lu

“…As a novel meta-heuristic algorithm, the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) has well performance in solving optimization problems. …”
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Spatial Accelerator Generation and Optimization for Tensor Applications by Zhang, Zhekai

“…LEGO front end finds all possible interconnections between function units and determines the memory system shape by solving the integer linear equations, and establishes the connections by a minimum-spanning-tree-based algorithm and a breadth-first-search-based heuristic algorithm for merging different spatial dataflow designs. …”
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Bandwidth-sensitive oblivious routing by Wen, Tina

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Machine learning frameworks for urban logistics optimisation problems by Zhang, Xincai

“…Vehicle Routing Problem(VRP), a challenging topic in Urban Logistics Optimization, is a combinatorial optimization problem with many exact and heuristic algorithm. VRP has many variants, for example, VRPTW describes a classic VRP with time window constraint. …”
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Algorithmic aspects for multiple-choice hardware/software partitioning by Wu, Jigang, Sun, Qiqiang, Srikanthan, Thambipillai

“…This paper presents a computing model to cater for the HW/SW partitioning problems with the multiple-choice implementation in hardware. An efficient heuristic algorithm is proposed to rapidly generate approximate solution, that is further refined by a tabu search algorithm also customized in this paper. …”
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