a new structure learning approach for bayesian networks (bns) based on asexual reproduction optimization (aro) is proposed in this letter. aro can be essentially considered as an evolutionary based algorithm that mathematically models the budding mechanism of asexual reproduction. in aro, a parent produces a bud through a reproduction operator; thereafter the parent and its bud compete to survi...

Harmony search algorithm (HSA) is a recent evolutionary algorithm used to solve several optimization problems. The algorithm mimics the improvisation behaviour of a group of musicians to find a good harmony. Several variations of HSA have been proposed to enhance its performance. In this paper, a new variation of HSA that uses multi-parent crossover is proposed (HSA-MPC). In this technique thre...

Data mining has been used extensively and broadly by several network organizations. Intrusion Detection is one of the high priorities & the challenging tasks for network administrators & security experts. Intrusion detection system is employed to protect the data integrity, confidentiality and system availability from attacks. IDS use the data mining techniques to analyze the resources from the...

Meta-heuristic algorithms prove to be competent in outperforming deterministic algorithms for real-world optimization problems. Firefly algorithm is one such recently developed algorithm inspired by the flashing behavior of fireflies. In this work, a detailed formulation and explanation of the Firefly algorithm implementation is given. Later Firefly algorithm is verified using six unimodal engi...

in financial matters, portfolio can be interpreted as a combination or a series of investments hold by an institution or a person. portfolio optimization is one of the most important concerns of investors for maximizing the portfolio in financial markets. the formation of portfolio is a vital and critical decision for the companies.  in fact, the selection of portfolio is to specify the capital...

job shop scheduling problem has significant importance in many researchingfields such as production management and programming and also combinedoptimizing. job shop scheduling problem includes two sub-problems: machineassignment and sequence operation performing. in this paper combination ofparticle swarm optimization algorithm (pso) and gravitational search algorithm(gsa) have been presented f...

this study is focused on developing an integrated optimization-simulation based genetic algorithm model (iosga) to develop the operational policies for a multi-purpose reservoir system. the objective function of the optimization model is considered to be a linear function of reliability (rel), resiliency (res), and vulnerability (vul) of the river-reservoir system. genetic algorithm (ga) is emp...

designing of a pid controller is a very common method for industrial process control and due to its very simple and efficient function; it is used in a wide variety of industrial applications. pid controller to reduce the steady state error and dynamic response of the system is used. pid controller design is an inevitable problem in setting the coefficients need to try a lot of trial and error,...

In order to improve network intrusion detection precision, this paper proposed a network intrusion detection model based on simultaneous selecting features and parameters of support vector machine (SVM) by particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Firstly, the features and parameters of SVM are coded to particle, and then the PSO is used to find the optimal features and SVM parameters by col...