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Abstract: Meta-heuristic algorithms search the problem solution space to obtain a satisfactory solution within a reasonable timeframe. By combining domain knowledge of the specific optimization ...

Abstract: Meta-heuristic algorithms, especially evolutionary algorithms, have been frequently used to find near optimal solutions to combinatorial optimization problems. The evaluation of such ...

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