Black-box optimization weather intervention method supports future disaster mitigation

In recent years, the frequency of weather-related natural disasters—cyclones, torrential rains, floods—has increased as a consequence of global warming. These disasters cause billions of dollars in ...
IEEE

Structural Topology Optimization of Magnetic Actuators Using Genetic Algorithms and ON/OFF Sensitivity

Abstract: In genetic algorithm (GA) based topology optimization problems, characteristics of an initial population are important for the rapid and stable convergence. This paper introduces an ...
Frontiers

Renewable Energy and Artificial Intelligence in Urban Agriculture: Pathfinding Smart and Sustainable Food Systems

By 2050, urban centers will house nearly 70% of the global population. Transitioning to localized food production via Urban Agriculture (UA) including ...

DNA editing of human embryos reignites debate over designer babies

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...
IEEE

Hyperparameter Optimization: Comparing Genetic Algorithm against Grid Search and Bayesian Optimization

Abstract: The performance of machine learning algorithms are affected by several factors, some of these factors are related to data quantity, quality, or its features. Another element is the choice of ...
GitHub

HGS-CVRP: A modern implementation of the Hybrid Genetic Search for the CVRP

This is a modern implementation of the Hybrid Genetic Search (HGS) with Advanced Diversity Control of [1], specialized to the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). This algorithm has been ...