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Obtaining better non-dominated sets using volume dominance (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Le, K., & Landa-Silva, D. (2007). Obtaining better non-dominated sets using volume dominance. In 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, (3119-3126). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2007.4424870

An important goal in multiobjective optimisation is to And a good set of non-dominated solutions that is both well-distributed and well-converged. Most multiobjective optimisation algorithms use the conventional Pareto dominance relationship. Over re... Read More about Obtaining better non-dominated sets using volume dominance.

Asynchronous cooperative local search for the office-space-allocation problem (2007)
Journal Article
Landa-Silva, D., & Burke, D. K. (2007). Asynchronous cooperative local search for the office-space-allocation problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 19(4), 575-587. https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.1060.0200

We investigate cooperative local search to improve upon known results of the office-space-allocation problem in universities and other organizations. A number of entities (e.g., research students, staff, etc.) must be allocated into a set of rooms so... Read More about Asynchronous cooperative local search for the office-space-allocation problem.

The teaching space allocation problem with splitting (2006)
Book Chapter
Beyrouthy, C., Burke, E. K., Landa-Silva, D., Mccollum, B., Mcmullan, P., & Parkes, A. J. (2006). The teaching space allocation problem with splitting. In Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling: VI 6th International Conference, PATAT 2006 Brno, Czech Republic, August 30–September 1, 2006 Revised Selected Papers, (228-247). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77345-0_15

A standard problem within universities is that of teaching space allocation which can be thought of as the assignment of rooms and times to various teaching activities. The focus is usually on courses that are expected to fit into one room. However,... Read More about The teaching space allocation problem with splitting.

The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms (2006)
Journal Article
Burke, E. K., & Landa Silva, J. D. (2006). The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research, 169(3), 875-897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.028

In this paper we are concerned with finding the Pareto optimal front or a good approximation to it. Since non-dominated solutions represent the goal in multiobjective optimisation, the dominance relation is frequently used to establish preference bet... Read More about The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms.

Multi-objective hyper-heuristic approaches for space allocation and timetabling (2005)
Book Chapter
Burke, E. K., Landa Silva, D. J., & Soubeiga, E. (2005). Multi-objective hyper-heuristic approaches for space allocation and timetabling. In Meta-heuristics: Progress as Real Problem Solvers, (129-158). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25383-1_6

An important issue in multi-objective optimisation is how to ensure that the obtained non-dominated set covers the Pareto front as widely as possible. A number of techniques (e.g. weight vectors, niching, clustering, cellular structures, etc.) have b... Read More about Multi-objective hyper-heuristic approaches for space allocation and timetabling.

Hybrid population-based metaheuristic approaches for the space allocation problem (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Burke, E. K., Cowling, P., & Landa Silva, J. D. (2001). Hybrid population-based metaheuristic approaches for the space allocation problem. In Proceedings of the 2001 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, (232-239). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2001.934394

A hybrid population-based metaheuristic for the space allocation problem in academic institutions is presented that is based upon previous experiments using a range of techniques including hill-climbing, simulated annealing, tabu search and genetic a... Read More about Hybrid population-based metaheuristic approaches for the space allocation problem.

Three methods to automate the space allocation process in UK universities (2001)
Book Chapter
Burke, E. K., Cowling, P., Landa Silva, J. D., & McCollum, B. (2001). Three methods to automate the space allocation process in UK universities. In Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: 5th International Conference, EMO 2009, Nantes, France, April 7-10, 2009. Proceedings, (254-273). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01020-0_38

The space allocation problem within UK universities is highly constrained, has multiple objectives, varies greatly among different institutions, requires frequent modifications and has a direct impact on the functionality of the university. As in eve... Read More about Three methods to automate the space allocation process in UK universities.