Nov 1, 2014 · As a constructive-based method, the IWD algorithm constructs an optimal solution through cooperation among a group of agents called water drops.

Nov 1, 2014 · The Intelligent Water Drop (IWD) algorithm is a recent stochastic swarm-based method that is useful for solving combinatorial and function ...

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The Intelligent Water Drop (IWD) algorithm is a recent stochastic swarm-based method that is useful for solving combinatorial and function optimization ...

Running our proposed algorithm with other random values of these parameters we found that the algorithm gives highest performance for the above set values. ...

TL;DR: Results indicate that the MRMC-IWD model can satisfactorily solve optimization problems using the divide-and-conquer strategy and is able to balance ...

IWD algorithm has found successful applications in several optimization problems, such as the travelling salesman problem (TSP) (Shah-Hosseini 2007, 2009a) ...

The Intelligent Water Drop (IWD) algorithm is a recent stochastic swarm-based method that is useful for solving combinatorial and function optimization ...

The “Intelligent Water Drops” or IWD algorithm solves the VRP by modeling how water drops collectively modify their environment by picking up dirt from river ...

Oct 22, 2024 · This paper introduces the new optimization algorithm, IWD, to be used for the first time for the MKP and shows that the IWD is applicable for this NP‐hard ...