Title :
Interactive multi-participant tour allocation
Author :
Funes, Pablo ; Bonabeau, Eric ; Hervé, Jerôme ; Morieux, Yves
Author_Institution :
Icosystem Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We use the example of the allocation of tours to mailmen to illustrate the general idea that interactive evolutionary computation (IEC) can be applied to a range of task allocation problems where the task performers are humans. In this application of IEC, each participant is presented only with the portion of solution corresponding to his/her task (tour). In addition to the subjective evaluation of solutions by the participants, the solutions presented to the participants are pre-optimized according to objective criteria.
Keywords :
evolutionary computation; human factors; mathematics computing; postal services; system theory; travelling salesman problems; human task performers; interactive evolutionary computation; interactive multiparticipant tour allocation; mailmen; task allocation problems; Constraint optimization; Evolutionary computation; Genetic mutations; Humans; IEC; Liquid crystal on silicon; Production facilities; Productivity; Robustness; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 2004. CEC2004. Congress on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8515-2
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2004.1331100
