Journal Publications and Journal Special Issues

Joint publications (involving members of different network nodes) are identified by the European flag

Journal publications

	[1]	L. Bianchi, J. Knowles, and N. Bowler. Local search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem: Correction to the 2-p-opt and 1-shift algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research, 2003. In press. [ bib ]
	[2]	C. Blum. Beam-ACO-Hybridizing ant colony optimization with beam search: An application to open shop scheduling. Computers & Operations Research, 2004. In press. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[3]	C. Blum and M.J. Blesa. New metaheuristic approaches for the edge-weighted k-cardinality tree problem. Computers & Operations Research, 2004. In press. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[4]	C. Blum and M. Dorigo. The hyper-cube framework for ant colony optimization. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 34(2):1161-1172, 2004. [ bib ]
	[5]	C. Blum and M. Dorigo. Search bias in ant colony optimization: On the role of competition-balanced systems. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 2005. To appear. [ bib ]
	[6]	C. Blum and A. Roli. Metaheuristics in combinatorial optimization: Overview and conceptual comparison. ACM Computing Surveys, 35(3):268-308, 2003. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[7]	C. Blum and M. Sampels. An ant colony optimization algorithm for shop scheduling problems. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 2004. In press. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[8]	G. Bontempi and M. Birattari. From linearization to lazy learning: a survey of divide-and-conquer techniques for nonlinear control. International Journal of Computational Cognition, 3(1):56-73, 2005. [ bib ]
	[9]	M. Chiarandini, K. Socha, M. Birattari, and O. Rossi-Doria. An effective hybrid approach for the university course timetabling problem. Journal of Scheduling, 2003. To appear. Also available as Technical Report AIDA-2003-05, FG Intellektik, FB Informatik, TU Darmstadt. [ bib ]
	[10]	F. Comellas and M. Sampels. Small-world networks: A deterministic approach. Physica A, 309(1-2):231-235, 2002. [ bib ]
	[11]	K. Jansen and M. Mastrolilli. Approximation schemes for parallel machine scheduling problems with controllable processing times. Computers & Operations Research, 31:1565-1581, 2003. [ bib ]
	[12]	K. Jansen, M. Mastrolilli, and R. Solis-Oba. Approximation schemes for job shop scheduling problems with controllable processing times. European Journal of Operational Research, 2004. To appear. [ bib ]
	[13]	H. R. Lourenço, O. Martin, and T. Stützle. A concise introduction to iterated local search. AIROnews, 2004. To appear. [ bib ]
	[14]	M. Mastrolilli. Efficient approximation schemes for scheduling problems with release dates and delivery times. Journal of Scheduling, 6:521-531, 2003. [ bib ]
	[15]	M. Mastrolilli. Notes on max flow time minimization with controllable processing times. Computing, 71:375-386, 2003. [ bib ]
	[16]	M. Mastrolilli. Scheduling to minimize max flow time: Off-line and on-line algorithms. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 15:385-401, 2004. [ bib ]
	[17]	M. Mastrolilli. Efficient Approximation Schemes for Scheduling Problems with Release Dates and Delivery Times. Journal of Scheduling, to appear. [ bib ]
	[18]	M. Mastrolilli and L. Bianchi. Core instances for testing: a case study. European Journal of Operational Research, 2004. To appear. [ bib ]
	[19]	M. Mastrolilli and L. M. Gambardella. Maximum satisfiability: How good are tabu search and plateau moves in the worst-case? European Journal of Operational Research, 2004. To appear. [ bib ]
	[20]	M. Mastrolilli and M. Hutter. Hybrid rounding techniques for knapsack problems. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2004. To appear. [ bib ]
	[21]	N. Meuleau and M. Dorigo. Ant colony optimization and stochastic gradient descent. Artificial Life, 8(2):103-121, 2002. Also available as technical report TR/IRIDIA/2000-36, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles. [ bib | .ps.gz | .pdf ]
	[22]	L. Paquete and T. Stützle. A study of local search algorithms for the biobjective qap with correlated flow matrices. European Journal of Operational Research, 2004. Accepted for publication. [ bib ]
	[23]	H. A. Saleh and R. Chelouah. The design of the global navigation satellite surveying networks using genetic algorithms. Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 17(1):111-122, 2003. [ bib ]
	[24]	H.A. Saleh. Ants can successfully design gps surveying networks. GPS World, 13(9):48-60, 2002. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[25]	H.A. Saleh. Optimal Design for GPS Surveying Networks using Operational Research. Journal of the Arab Institute of Navigation, 17:31-47, 2002. [ bib ]
	[26]	H.A. Saleh and P.J. Dare. Effective heuristics for the gps survey network of malta: Simulated annealing and tabu search techniques. Journal of Heuristics, 7(6):533-549, 2001. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[27]	H.A. Saleh and P.J. Dare. Heuristic methods for designing global positioning system surveying network in the republic of seychelles. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 26:73-93, 2002. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[28]	H.A. Saleh and P.J. Dare. Near-optimal design of global positioning system (gps) networks using tabu search technique. Journal of Global Optimization., 25:183-208, 2003. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[29]	T. Schiavinotto and T. Stützle. Search space analisys of the linear ordering problem. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 2004. to appear. [ bib ]
	[30]	T. Stützle and M. Dorigo. A short convergence proof for a class of ACO algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 6(4):358-365, 2002. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[31]	T. Stützle and S. Linke. Experiments with variants of ant algorithms. Mathware & Soft Computing, 9(2-3):193-207, 2002. [ bib | .pdf ]
	[32]	D. Villacci, G. Bontempi, A. Vaccaro, and M. Birattari. The role of learning methods in the dynamic assessment of power components loading capability. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2004. To appear. [ bib ]
	[33]	M. Zlochin, M. Birattari, N. Meuleau, and M. Dorigo. Model-based search for combinatorial optimization: A critical survey. Annals of Operations Research, 131(1-4):375-395, 2004. [ bib ]

Journal special issues

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M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle, editors. Special Section on "Ant Colony Optimization''. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 6(4), 317-365, 2002. [ bib ]