Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Editors’ Biographies xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Evolutionary Computation in Scheduling: A Scientometric Analysis 1Amir H. Gandomi, Ali Emrouznejad, and Iman Rahimi
2 Role and Impacts of Ant Colony Optimization in Job Shop Scheduling Problems: A Detailed Analysis 11P. Deepalakshmi and K. Shankar
3 Advanced Ant Colony Optimization in Healthcare Scheduling 37Reza Behmanesh, Iman Rahimi, Mostafa Zandieh, and Amir H. Gandomi
4 Task Scheduling in Heterogeneous Computing Systems Using Swarm Intelligence 73S. Sarathambekai and K. Umamaheswari
5 Computationally Efficient Scheduling Schemes for Multiple Antenna Systems Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Swarm Optimization 105Prabina 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 137Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard, Abbas Ahmadi, and Mohsen S. Sajadieh
7 Application of Sub-Population Scheduling Algorithm in Multi-Population Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization 169Javidan Kazemi Kordestani and Mohammad Reza Meybodi
8 Task Scheduling in Cloud Environments: A Survey of Population-Based Evolutionary Algorithms 213Fahimeh Ramezani, Mohsen Naderpour, Javid Taheri, Jack Romanous, and Albert Y. Zomaya
9 Scheduling of Robotic Disassembly in Remanufacturing Using Bees Algorithms 257Jiayi 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 299Mohammad Sadegh Javadi, Ali Esmaeel Nezhad, Seyed‐Ehsan Razavi, Abdollah Ahmadi, and João P.S. Catalão
Index 327