A Virtual-Force Based Swarm Algorithm for Balanced Circular Bin Packing Problems

no code implementations • 1 Jun 2023 • Juliette Gamot, Mathieu Balesdent, Romain Wuilbercq, Arnault Tremolet, Nouredine Melab, El-Ghazali Talbi

Balanced circular bin packing problems consist in positioning a given number of weighted circles in order to minimize the radius of a circular container while satisfying equilibrium constraints.

Hidden-Variables Genetic Algorithm for Variable-Size Design Space Optimal Layout Problems with Application to Aerospace Vehicles

no code implementations • 21 Dec 2022 • Juliette Gamot, Mathieu Balesdent, Arnault Tremolet, Romain Wuilbercq, Nouredine Melab, El-Ghazali Talbi

In order to tackle this NP-hard problem, a genetic algorithm enhanced by an adapted hidden-variables mechanism is proposed.