B. Duran, F. Xhafa. The Effects of Two Replacement Strategies on a
Genetic Algorithm for Scheduling Jobs on Computational Grids. (Short
paper) Evolutionary Computing and Optimization Track, Symposium on
Applied Computing 2006, pp. 960-961, Dijon, France.
M. Blesa, Fatos Xhafa. Using Parallelism in Experimenting and Fine
Tuning of Parameters for Metaheuristics. (Short paper) In ICCS'04
International Conference in Computer Science. Lectures Notes in
Computer Science, Vol. 3036, 429-432, Springer
S. Caballé, Fatos Xhafa. A Study into the Feasibility of Generic
Programming in Java (Poster). In 2nd International Conference on the
Principles and Practice of Programming in Java, PPPJ'2003, ACM
Proceedings, 25-26, ACM Series, 2003.
Papers in Other
Conferences Maria Blesa and Fatos Xhafa. Using
Parallelism in Experimenting and Fine Tuning of Parameters for
Metaheuristics. In XV Jornadas de Paralelismo, Almeria, Spain, 2004.
ISBN 84-8240-714-7, Ed. Universidad de Almería, p. 66-71.
E. Alba, F. Almeida, M. Blesa, C.
Cotta, M. Díaz, I. Dorta, J. Gabarró, J. González, C. León, L. Moreno,
J. Petit, J. Roda, A. Rojas, and F. Xhafa. MALLBA: Towards a
combinatorial optimization library for geographically distributed
systems. XII Jornadas de Paralelismo, 105-110, Ed. de la
Universidad Politécnica de Valéncia. 2002
Maria Serna, Luca Trevisan and Fatos
Xhafa. The (Parallel) Approximability of Non-Boolean Satisfiability
Problems and Restricted Integer Programming. In Workshop on Randomized
Algorithms in Sequential and Distributed Computing, RALCOM'1997, 1-13,
Computer Technology Institute, Patras (Greece), 1997.
Abstracts and
Presentations in Conferences/Workshops Fatos Xhafa. A Tabu Search
Algorithm for Job Scheduling on Computational Grids. European Chapter
on Combinatorial Oprimization & CO CO (ECCO XIX – CO 2006) Joint
Meeting, Faculty of Engineering University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
May 11-13, 2006
Javier Carretero i Fatos Xhafa. Using Genetic Algorithms for Scheduling
Jobs in Large Scale Grid Applications. Workshop of the European Chapter
on Metaheuristics, EUME2005. Metaheuristics and Large Scale
Optimization, 2005, May19-21, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Maria J. Blesa, Ll. Hernàndez i Fatos Xhafa. Tabu Search for 0-1
Multidimensional Knapsack Revisited: Choosing Internal Heuristics and
Fine Tuning of Parameters. 12th Young Operational Research
Conference, YOR12, Operational Research Society and University of
Nottingham, 2001.
Maria Serna, Fatos Xhafa. Parallel Approximation to Dense High
Scheduling Problems. International Conference on Mathematical
Foundation of Informatics. Hanoi Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi
Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam, 1999.
Maria Serna, Luca Trevisan, Fatos Xhafa. The Approximability of
Non-Boolean Constraint Satisfaction Problem. Randomized Methods in
Algorithm Design. Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science
(DIMACS) Center, USA, 1998.
T. Tsukiji, F. Xhafa. Strong law for the depth of circuits. Seminar in
Probabilistic Methods, Centre Recerca Matemàtica, Bellaterra
(Barcelona), 1996.
Others Publications
F. Xhafa. Programació i Bases de
Dades. Sessions de Teoria. Publicació digital, Edicions UPC 2006 F. Xhafa, J. Marco, P.P. Vázquez.
Introducing semi-open learning/teaching into fundamental programming
subjects. In Proc. Congrés Internacional Docència Universitària i
Innovació (CIDUI), Barcelona, July 2006, To appear
F. Xhafa, P.P. Vázquez, J. Marco and
A. Martin. Using Computer-Supported Collaborative Work in Fundamental
Programming Subjects. In Proc. Congrés Internacional Docència
Universitària i Innovació (CIDUI). Girona, June, 30- July 2, 2004
F. Xhafa, S. Caballé, Th. Daradoumis i
C. Paniagua. Using Grid Computing for processing and analysing
information from online clloaborative learning teams. Learning GRID, A
Newsletter from the Kaleidoscope Learning GRID SIG, #2, pages 13-15.
Oct.2004
Fatos Xhafa: Teaching Calculus with
Maple: An Experimental Evidence. Jornadas Sobre Assignatures Basades en
l'Experimentació. Centre Publicacions d'Abast, UPC. Nº d'edició ISBN
84-89.349-95-9, 131-139, 1997
M. Blesa and F. Xhafa. Using
Parallelism in Experimenting and Fine Tuning of Parameters for
Metaheuristics.Technical Report of LSI Dept. Nº. LSI-03-56-R, 2003
Fatos Xhafa. An implementation of a
generic memetic algorithm for the edge biconnectivity augmentation
problem, Technical Report of LSI Dept. Nº. LSI-03-47-R, 2003
E. Alba, F. Almeida, M. Blesa, J.
Cabeza, C. Cotta, M. Díaz, I. Dorta, J. Gabarró, C. León, J. Luna, L.
Moreno, C. Pablos, J. Petit, A. Rojas, and F. Xhafa. Mallba: A library
of skeletons for combinatorial optimisation. Technical Report of LSI
Dept. Nº. LSI-02-18-R, 2002
Fatos Xhafa and Gonzalo Navarro:A
Maple Package for Semidefinite Programming. Technical Report of LSI
Dept. Nº. LSI-96-26-R, 1996
Maria Serna and Fatos Xhafa: Parallel
Approximability of MaxNP Problems. Technical Report of LSI Dept.
Nº. LSI-95-40-R, 1995
Jordi Petit and Fatos Xhafa: A
Parallel Implementation of Approximate Semidefinite Programming for
MaxCut with Experimental Results. Technical Report of LSI Dept. Nº.
LSI-97-20-T, 1997