Abstract: Metaheuristic algorithms have demonstrated strong effectiveness in solving complex real-world optimization problems. This paper presents two discrete metaheuristic approaches for the ...

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Everyone’s heard the advice to “sleep on it” when facing a tough problem. Turns out there’s real science behind that old wisdom. Researchers at Northwestern University have shown that dreams ...

Abstract: Unit commitment problems are operation optimization problems solved by independent system operators (ISOs). These problems generally need to be solved within a limited time, and the quality ...