Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling V
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling V

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 3540307052

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Thisvolumecontainsaselectionofpapersfromthe5thInternationalConference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2004) held in Pittsburgh, USA, August 18-20, 2004. Indeed, as we write this preface, in the Summer of 2005, we note that we are about one month away from the tenth anniversary of the very?rst PATAT conference in Edinburgh. Since those very early days, the conference series has gone from strength to strength and this volume represents the latest in a series of?ve rigorously refereed volumes which showcase a broad spectrum of ground-breaking timetabling research across a very wide range of timetabling problems and applications. Timetabling is an area that unites a number of disparate?elds and which cuts across a number of diverse academic disciplines. While the most obvious instances of timetabling occur in educational institutions, timetabling also - pears in sports applications, transportation planning, project scheduling, and many other?elds. Viewing timetabling as a unifying theme enables researchers fromthesevariousareastolearnfromeachotherandtoextendtheirown- searchandpracticeinnewandinnovativeways. Thisvolumecontinuesthetrend of the conference series to extend the de?nition of timetabling beyond its edu- tional roots. In this volume, seven of the 19 papers involve domains other than education. Of course, educationaltimetabling remains at the coreof timetabling research, and the papers in this volume represent the full range of this area including exam timetabling, room scheduling, and class rostering.

Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1996-10-02

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9783540617945

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Provides detailed information about the signal transduction pathways used by interferons to activate gene transcription. In addition, this book discusses how the same pathways are used by many other cytokines and thus provide a forum for cross-talk among these important biological response modifiers. Additionally, the book introduces the interferon system and describes the interferon-inducible genes whose products are responsible for the cellular actions of interferons. The nature of the interferon receptors and how the transcriptional signals are transmitted from the receptors on the cell surface to the genes in the nucleus are discussed in detail. Finally, the use of similar pathways of signal transduction by other cytokines is highlighted.

Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling VI
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling VI

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-11-25

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 3540773452

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Complete with online files and updates, this fascinating volume has everything you need to know about the latest developments in automated timetabling. It constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, PATAT 2006. The 25 revised full papers are organized in topical sections that cover everything from general issues and employee timetabling, to school and examination timetabling.

Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1998-08-26

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9783540649793

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Both students and non-scientists will find this CD-ROM an enjoyable introduction to the human brain. The seven sections cover the structure and function of the brain, spinal cord, hearing, vision, and speech. The voice-over gives guidance in the pronunciation of Latin names of various brain substructures. The CD-ROM includes photos, video clips and animations, and a rotatable model of the brain which allows various substructures to be highlighted. The self-testing function allows a continual assessment of understanding, and students can keep their own record of images using the built-in photo album. The textbook 'Neurobiology' by D. Robinson which can be used in conjunction with the CD-ROM can be purchased separately (ISBN 3-540-63546-7) or together with the CD-ROM (ISBN 3-540-63778-8).

Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-06-29

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 354044629X

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This volume is the third in an ongoing series of books that deal with the state of the art in timetabling research. It contains a selection of the papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2000) held in Constance, Germany, on August 16{18th, 2000. The conference, once again, brought together researchers, practitioners, and vendors from all over the world working on all aspects of computer-aided timetable generation. The main aim of the PATAT conference series is to serve as an international and inter-disciplinary forum for new timetabling research results and directions. The conference series particularly aims to foster mul- disciplinary timetabling research. Our eld has always attracted scientists from a number of traditional domains including computer science and operational - search and we believe that the cross-fertilisation of ideas from di erent elds and disciplines is a very important factor in the future development of timetabling research. The Constance conference certainly met these aims. As can be seen from the selection of papers in this volume, there was a wide range of interesting approaches and ideas for a variety of timetabling application areas and there were delegates from many di erent disciplines. It is clear that while considerable progress is being made in many areas of timetabling research, there are a number of important issues that researchers still have to face. In a contribution to the previous PATAT conference, George M.

Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III

Author: Edmund Burke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-08-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 3540424210

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This volume is the third in an ongoing series of books that deal with the state of the art in timetabling research. It contains a selection of the papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2000) held in Constance, Germany, on August 16{18th, 2000. The conference, once again, brought together researchers, practitioners, and vendors from all over the world working on all aspects of computer-aided timetable generation. The main aim of the PATAT conference series is to serve as an international and inter-disciplinary forum for new timetabling research results and directions. The conference series particularly aims to foster mul- disciplinary timetabling research. Our eld has always attracted scientists from a number of traditional domains including computer science and operational - search and we believe that the cross-fertilisation of ideas from di erent elds and disciplines is a very important factor in the future development of timetabling research. The Constance conference certainly met these aims. As can be seen from the selection of papers in this volume, there was a wide range of interesting approaches and ideas for a variety of timetabling application areas and there were delegates from many di erent disciplines. It is clear that while considerable progress is being made in many areas of timetabling research, there are a number of important issues that researchers still have to face. In a contribution to the previous PATAT conference, George M.

Metaheuristics
Metaheuristics

Author: Karl F. Doerner

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-13

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0387719210

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This book’s aim is to provide several different kinds of information: a delineation of general metaheuristics methods, a number of state-of-the-art articles from a variety of well-known classical application areas as well as an outlook to modern computational methods in promising new areas. Therefore, this book may equally serve as a textbook in graduate courses for students, as a reference book for people interested in engineering or social sciences, and as a collection of new and promising avenues for researchers working in this field.

Recent Advances in Memetic Algorithms
Recent Advances in Memetic Algorithms

Author: William E. Hart

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-06-22

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 3540323635

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Memetic algorithms are evolutionary algorithms that apply a local search process to refine solutions to hard problems. Memetic algorithms are the subject of intense scientific research and have been successfully applied to a multitude of real-world problems ranging from the construction of optimal university exam timetables, to the prediction of protein structures and the optimal design of space-craft trajectories. This monograph presents a rich state-of-the-art gallery of works on memetic algorithms. Recent Advances in Memetic Algorithms is the first book that focuses on this technology as the central topical matter. This book gives a coherent, integrated view on both good practice examples and new trends including a concise and self-contained introduction to memetic algorithms. It is a necessary read for postgraduate students and researchers interested in recent advances in search and optimization technologies based on memetic algorithms, but can also be used as complement to undergraduate textbooks on artificial intelligence.

Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX

Author: Thomas Philip Runarsson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-10-06

Total Pages: 1079

ISBN-13: 3540389911

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2006. The book presents 106 revised full papers covering a wide range of topics, from evolutionary computation to swarm intelligence and bio-inspired computing to real-world applications. These are organized in topical sections on theory, new algorithms, applications, multi-objective optimization, evolutionary learning, as well as representations, operators, and empirical evaluation.