Cargo Vessel Route Rationalization with Chimerical Genetic Algorithm

Optimization of Ship Cargo Operations by Genetic Algorithm

This paper addresses the optimization possibilities of cargo operations onboard ship in order to minimize the operational costs through optimal structure of resources required. Since the setup model consists of composite objective function with several decision variables whose solution is constrained in the field Z+, the method for direct finding of optimal solution does not lead to satisfactor...

Chimerical conditionals

This paper introduces and analyzes chimerical conditionals, a class of conditionals that are ambiguous between so called ‘biscuit’ and hypothetical conditional readings. First, an analysis of the biscuit / hypothetical distinction is developed which draws on the pragmatic account of Franke (2009) and pins the distinction on the presence of a special kind of pragmatic presupposition, where what ...

Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-ii Based Route Optimization

NSGA methodology discussed in Section 3.1 suffers from three weaknesses: computational complexity, non-elitist approach and the need to specify a sharing parameter. An improved version of NSGA known as NSGA-II, which resolved the above problems and uses elitism to create a diverse Pareto-optimal front, has been subsequently presented (Deb et al 2002). The main features of NSGA-II are low comput...

Are Miracles Chimerical

survive its chimerical nature ?

69 Commentary Can chiropractic survive its chimerical nature? " The only way to avoid the slippery slope is to stay off the slope ". If we were to compare the profession of chiropractic to creatures of legend, in its early days chiropractic was like a hydra, whose practitioners possessed a 'body' of core beliefs and practice patterns but a rather contentious leadership , one with many 'heads'. ...