Publications

• Design of large-scale metaheuristic component studies

  July 7, 2021

  Conference Paper - 10.1145/3449726.3463168 Metaheuristics employ a variety of different components using a wide array of operators to execute their search. This determines their intensification, diversification and all other behavioural features and is thus critical for success on different optimisation problems. Choosing the right components with the right operators remains a difficult task. In this paper we propose a design of experiments that should be used for extensive component studies.

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• A Framework for Modular Construction and Evaluation of Metaheuristics

  April 1, 2023

  Tech Report - PDF This paper presents MAHF, a software framework for the highly flexible construction of metaheuristics from individual components and the subsequent evaluation of these algorithms. At that, MAHF is developed specifically for the experimental analysis of the algorithmic behaviour during the optimization process with a focus on the influences of the algorithm’s components. Furthermore, uncommon and incompletely examined operators or frameworks of “novel” metaheuristics are included as well, so that their usefulness can be assessed.

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