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A ripple-spreading genetic algorithm for the aircraft sequencing problem.
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PMID:  20807081     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Abstract When genetic algorithms (GAs) are applied to combinatorial problems, permutation representations are usually adopted. As a result, such GAs are often confronted with feasibility and memory-efficiency problems. With the aircraft sequencing problem (ASP) as a study case, this paper reports on a novel binary-representation-based GA scheme for combinatorial problems. Unlike existing GAs for the ASP, which typically use permutation representations based on aircraft landing order, the new GA introduces a novel ripple-spreading model which transforms the original landing-order-based ASP solutions into value-based ones. In the new scheme, arriving aircraft are projected as points into an artificial space. A deterministic method inspired by the natural phenomenon of ripple-spreading on liquid surfaces is developed, which uses a few parameters as input to connect points on this space to form a landing sequence. A traditional GA, free of feasibility and memory-efficiency problems, can then be used to evolve the ripple-spreading related parameters in order to find an optimal sequence. Since the ripple-spreading model is the centerpiece of the new algorithm, it is called the ripple-spreading GA (RSGA). The advantages of the proposed RSGA are illustrated by extensive comparative studies for the case of the ASP.
Authors:
Xiao-Bing Hu; Ezequiel A Di Paolo
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-08-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Evolutionary computation     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1530-9304     ISO Abbreviation:  Evol Comput     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-07     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9513581     Medline TA:  Evol Comput     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  77-106     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. xiaobing.hu@warwick.ac.uk.
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