[eBook Code] Evolutionary Computation in Scheduling (eBook Code, 1st)

List of Contributors vii

Editors’ Biographies xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xvii

1 Evolutionary Computation in Scheduling: A Scientometric Analysis 1
Amir H. Gandomi, Ali Emrouznejad, and Iman Rahimi

2 Role and Impacts of Ant Colony Optimization in Job Shop Scheduling Problems: A Detailed Analysis 11
P. Deepalakshmi and K. Shankar

3 Advanced Ant Colony Optimization in Healthcare Scheduling 37
Reza Behmanesh, Iman Rahimi, Mostafa Zandieh, and Amir H. Gandomi

4 Task Scheduling in Heterogeneous Computing Systems Using Swarm Intelligence 73
S. Sarathambekai and K. Umamaheswari

5 Computationally Efficient Scheduling Schemes for Multiple Antenna Systems Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Swarm Optimization 105
Prabina Pattanayak and Preetam Kumar

6 An Efficient Modified Red Deer Algorithm to Solve a Truck Scheduling Problem Considering Time Windows and Deadline for Trucks’ Departure 137
Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard, Abbas Ahmadi, and Mohsen S. Sajadieh

7 Application of Sub-Population Scheduling Algorithm in Multi-Population Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization 169
Javidan Kazemi Kordestani and Mohammad Reza Meybodi

8 Task Scheduling in Cloud Environments: A Survey of Population-Based Evolutionary Algorithms 213
Fahimeh Ramezani, Mohsen Naderpour, Javid Taheri, Jack Romanous, and Albert Y. Zomaya

9 Scheduling of Robotic Disassembly in Remanufacturing Using Bees Algorithms 257
Jiayi Liu, Wenjun Xu, Zude Zhou, and Duc Truong Pham

10 A Modified Fireworks Algorithm to Solve the Heat and Power Generation Scheduling Problem in Power System Studies 299
Mohammad Sadegh Javadi, Ali Esmaeel Nezhad, Seyed‐Ehsan Razavi, Abdollah Ahmadi, and João P.S. Catalão

Index 327