Finding Golomb rulers is an extremely challenging optimization problem with many practical applications. This problem has been approached by a variety of search methods in recent years. We consider in this work a hybrid evolutionary algorithm that incorporates ideas from greedy randomized adaptive search procedures (GRASP), tabu-based local search methods (TS) and scatter search (SS). In partic...

People’s ideas about communications have changed completely, nowadays when this subject is mentioned almost everyone thinks of wireless communications. The demand for broadband wireless communications offering greater and greater data rates is endless, and the radio-technology community is trying harder and harder to satisfy this demand. Recently, there was the worldwide launch of 4th generatio...

The importance and attraction of the Multi-Agent System (MAS) topic are increased, nowadays. The techniques for the modeling of such systems are indivisible part of their software processes. They have to be applied with emphasis on the special requirements or properties of Multi-Agent Systems, e.g. autonomy of elements, intelligence of elements. This paper describes the ideas and methods to mod...

The treasure of the Essen cathedral in Germany is one of the few collections of medieval art completely preserved in the course of history, including approximately 250 objects such as crosses, crowns, swords, statues, manuscripts, and reliquaries. These precious works of art show a great variety in size, shape, material, and complexity. In the paper, ideas and concepts for recording the manifol...