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Applying a Distributed Swarm-Based Algorithm to Solve Instances of the RCPSP

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This paper addresses distributed task scheduling problems generalized as a distributed version of the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP) [1]. We apply and evaluate a novel approach for the RCPSP that is distributed and based on theoretical models of division of labor in social insects.

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Marco Dorigo Mauro Birattari Christian Blum Maurice Clerc Thomas Stützle Alan F. T. Winfield

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Ferreira, P.R., Bazzan, A.L.C. (2008). Applying a Distributed Swarm-Based Algorithm to Solve Instances of the RCPSP. In: Dorigo, M., Birattari, M., Blum, C., Clerc, M., Stützle, T., Winfield, A.F.T. (eds) Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence. ANTS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_44

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