Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Table of Contents -- A CP/LNS Approach for Multi-day Homecare Scheduling Problems -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Related Work -- 2 A Constraint Model for Homecare Activity Scheduling -- 2.1 Variables -- 2.2 Constraints -- 2.3 Branching Strategy -- 3 Hybrid Approach -- 4 Experimental Analysis -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A Hybrid Metaheuristic to Solve the Resource Allocation Problem in Bike Sharing Systems -- 1 Logistical Challenges in Bike Sharing Systems -- 2 Related Literature -- 3 The Resource Allocation Problem -- 4 The Hybrid Metaheuristic -- 5 Computational Study -- 6 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Algorithm Comparison by Automatically Configurable Stochastic Local Search Frameworks: A Case Study Using Flow-Shop Scheduling Problems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Framework -- 3 The Permutation Flowshop Problem -- 3.1 Problem-Specific Components for the PFSP -- 4 Experimental Evaluation -- 4.1 Experimental Setup -- 4.2 Experimental Results for PFSP-WCT -- 4.3 Experimental Results for PFSP-WT -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- A Local Search Approach for Binary Programming: Feasibility Search -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 TheBPLocalSearchSolver -- 3.1 Conflict Graphs -- 3.2 Constructive Approach -- 3.3 Local Search : Chains of Flips -- 4 Computational Experiments -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- A Partition-Based Heuristic for the Steiner Tree Problem in Large Graphs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Partition-Based Construction Heuristic -- 2.1 Step 1: Partition -- 2.2 Step 2: Decompose -- 2.3 Step 3: Solve -- 2.4 Step 4: Repair -- 3 Partition-Based Memetic Algorithm -- 4 Computational Results -- 4.1 Evaluation of the Partitioning Algorithms -- 4.2 Comparison to Other Methods -- 5 Conclusions -- References. , A Path-Generation Matheuristic for Large Scale Evacuation Planning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Formulation -- 3 Related Work -- 4 Proposed Approaches -- 4.1 Master Problem -- 4.2 Subproblem -- 5 Computational Experiments -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- A Variable Neighborhood Search Using Very Large Neighborhood Structures for the 3-Staged 2-Dimensional Cutting Stock Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Definition -- 2.1 Solution Representation -- 3 Related Work -- 4 Variable Neighborhood Search -- 4.1 Construction Heuristics -- 4.2 Neighborhood Structures and Search -- 5 ILP-Based Very Large Neighborhood Search -- 5.1 An ILP for Packing Strips -- 5.2 Determining Strip Dimensions -- 6 Experimental Results -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Cooperative Parallel Decomposition Guided VNS for Solving Weighted CSP -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context and Definitions -- 2.1 Weighted CSP -- 2.2 Tree Decomposition -- 2.3 Decomposition Guided -- 3 Parallel -- 3.1 Asynchronous Master-Slave Architecture for -- 3.2 Master Algorithm -- 3.3 Slave Algorithm -- 4 Benchmark Problems -- 5 Experiments -- 5.1 Experimental Protocol -- 5.2 Contribution of the Parallelization -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- GeNePi: A Multi-Objective Machine Reassignment Algorithm for Data Centres -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Definition -- 2.1 Reassignment Problem -- 2.2 Objectives -- 3 Description of Our Solution: GeNePi -- 3.1 Ge: A Variant of the Constructive Phase of GRASP -- 3.2 Ne: NSGA-II -- 3.3 Pi: A Pareto Local Search -- 4 Evaluation -- 4.1 Experimental Setups -- 4.2 Metrics -- 4.3 Algorithms -- 4.4 Tuning the Steps of GeNePi -- 4.5 Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Hybrids of Integer Programming and ACO for Resource Constrained Job Scheduling -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Specification -- 3 An Integer Programming Formulation -- 4 Column Generation. , 5 Lagrangian Relaxation -- 5.1 The Lagrangian Heuristic -- 6 Ant Colony Optimisation -- 6.1 Variants of CG/LR and ACO Hybrids -- 7 Experiments and Results -- 7.1 Results -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Iterative Probabilistic Tree Search for the Minimum Common String Partition Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Problem Description -- 1.2 Related Work -- 1.3 Organization of the Paper -- 2 Proposed Algorithm -- 2.1 Preliminaries -- 2.2 Main Algorithm -- 3 Experimental Evaluation -- 3.1 Problem Instances -- 3.2 Algorithm Tuning -- 3.3 Numerical Results -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- JAM: A Tabu-Based Two-Stage Simulated Annealing Algorithm for the Multidimensional Arrangement Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Problem Definition -- 1.2 Related Work -- 1.3 Contributions -- 2 The Algorithm JAM -- 2.1 Notation -- 2.2 Overview of JAM -- 2.3 Elements of JAM -- 3 Evaluation of JAM -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Online Performance Measures for Metaheuristic Optimization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Global Optimization Problem -- 2.1 Definitions -- 2.2 Practical Issues in Global Optimization -- 3 Our Contribution : Time Series Analysis for Performance Assessment of Metaheuristics -- 4 Applications of DFA for Metaheuristics -- 4.1 Differential Evolution (DE) as an Optimization Technique -- 4.2 Basin Hopping (BH) as an Optimization Technique -- 5 Experimental Results -- 5.1 DE - General Findings -- 5.2 DE - On-Line Performance Measure -- 5.3 DE - Online Adaption of Parameter Choices -- 5.4 BH - Results of DFA Analysis -- 6 Discussion -- References -- Speeding Up Logic-Based Benders' Decomposition by a Metaheuristic for a Bi-Level Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Bi-Level Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Limits -- 3 Related Work -- 4 MIP Model for 2L-VRP-TL. , 5 Logic-Based Benders' Decomposition for 2L-VRP-TL -- 6 Metaheuristic Improvements -- 6.1 Heuristic BD -- 7 Computational Experiments -- 7.1 Instances -- 7.2 Results -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Author Index.

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Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Heart Rate Variability Techniques in Cardiology -- 1.1.1 The RR Intervals -- 1.2 History of Heart Rate Variability -- 1.3 Physiological Basis of HRV Analysis -- 1.4 Analysis Methods -- 1.4.1 Time Domain -- 1.4.1.1 Statistical Techniques -- 1.4.1.2 Geometric Techniques -- 1.4.2 Frequency Domain -- 1.4.2.1 Short-Term Recordings -- 1.4.2.2 Long-Term Recordings -- 1.4.3 Nonlinear Dynamics -- 2 Quantitative Poincaré Plot -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Visualization of HRV Using Poincaré Plot -- 2.3 Quantification of Poincaré Plot of RR Interval -- 2.3.1 Ellipse-Fitting Technique -- 2.3.2 Histogram Techniques -- 2.4 Relationship Between Poincaré Shape and Linear HRV Measure -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Poincaré Plot Interpretation of HRV Using Physiological Model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Autonomous Nervous System and HRV Analysis -- 3.3 Physiological HRV Model -- 3.3.1 Sympathetic Oscillator -- 3.3.2 Parasympathetic Respiratory Oscillator -- 3.3.3 Sinus Oscillator -- 3.4 Mathematical Analysis of HRV Model Using Poincaré Plot -- 3.4.1 Length of Poincaré Plot Main Cloud -- 3.4.2 Width of the Poincaré Plot Main Cloud -- 3.4.3 Poincaré Plot Morphological Properties for theHRV Model -- 3.5 Simulation Results in Clinical Examples -- 3.5.1 Complete Autonomic Blockade -- 3.5.2 Unopposed Sympathetic Activity-Parasympathetic Blockade -- 3.5.3 Sympathetic-Parasympathetic Balance -- 3.5.4 Data Set Acquisition -- 3.5.5 Data Set Analysis -- 3.5.6 Poincaré Plot Morphology for Real Data -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 Poincaré Plot in Capturing Nonlinear Temporal Dynamics of HRV -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Nonlinear Dynamics -- 4.3 Limitation of Standard Descriptors of Poincaré Plot -- 4.4 Complex Correlation Measures in Poincaré Plot: A Novel Nonlinear Descriptor -- 4.5 Mathematical Analysis of CCM. , 4.5.1 Sensitivity Analysis -- 4.5.1.1 Sensitivity to Changes in Window Length -- 4.5.1.2 Homogeneity to Changes in Temporal Structure -- 4.5.1.3 Examining the Influence of Various lags of Poincaré Plot -- 4.6 Physiological Relevance of CCM with Cardiovascular System -- 4.6.1 Subjects and Study Design -- 4.6.2 Results -- 4.6.3 Physiological Relevance of CCM -- 4.7 Clinical Case Studies Using CCM of Poincaré Plot -- 4.7.1 HRV Studies of Arrhythmia and Normal Sinus Rhythm -- 4.7.2 HRV Studies of Congestive Heart Failure and Normal Sinus Rhythm -- 4.8 Critical Remarks on CCM -- 4.9 Conclusion -- 5 Heart Rate Asymmetry Analysis Using Poincaré Plot -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Existing Indices of HRA -- 5.2.1 Guzik's Index -- 5.2.2 Porta's Index -- 5.2.3 Ehlers' Index -- 5.3 New Definition of Asymmetry in RR Interval Time Series -- 5.4 Modified HRA Indices Using Poincaré Plot -- 5.4.1 Guzik's Index (GIp) -- 5.4.2 Porta's Index (PIp) -- 5.4.3 Ehlers' Index (EIp) -- 5.5 Application of HRA in Clinical Research -- 5.5.1 Presence of HRA in Healthy Subjects -- 5.5.1.1 Data and Results -- 5.5.1.2 Discussion -- 5.5.2 Correlation Between HRA and Parasympathetic Activity -- 5.5.2.1 Clinical Study Methodology -- 5.5.2.2 Deviation from Symmetry Distsym -- 5.5.2.3 Power Spectral Analysis -- 5.5.2.4 Statistics -- 5.5.2.5 Results from HRA Analysis -- 5.5.2.6 Discussion -- 5.6 Conclusion -- 6 Segmented Poincaré Plot Analysis and Lagged Segmented Poincaré Plot Analysis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Segmented Poincaré Plot Analysis -- 6.2.1 SPPA Method -- 6.2.2 Applying SPPA on Simulated BBI Time Series -- 6.2.3 The Ability of SPPA to Obtain Nonlinear Behaviour in Time Series When Applying Surrogate Data Analysis -- 6.2.4 Application of SPPA for Risk Stratification in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients -- 6.2.5 Investigating the Influence of Rectangle Size. , 6.2.6 Investigating Age Dependencies in Healthy Subjects -- 6.3 Application of SPPA to Blood Pressure Signals -- 6.3.1 SPPA Adaptation to Blood Pressure (BP) -- 6.3.2 Application to Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders -- 6.4 Lagged Segmented Poincaré Plot Analysis -- 6.4.1 Method -- 6.4.2 Application of LSPPA to Determine Risk Stratification in Patients Suffering from Dilated Cardiomyopathy -- 6.4.3 LSPPA in Comparison to Traditional Time and Frequency Domain Analysis -- 6.5 Perspective -- 6.5.1 Application of SPPA and LSPPA to Respiratory Signals -- 6.5.2 Application of SPPA to Two-Dimensional Analysis of Signal Couplings (2D SPPA) -- 6.5.3 Application of SPPA to Three-Dimensional Analysis of Signal Couplings (3D SPPA) -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Darwin's Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874 -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Galápagos Finches: John Gould, Darwin's Invisible Craftsman, and the Visual Discipline of Ornithology -- 2 Darwin's Diagrams: Images of the Discovery of Disorder -- 3 The Picture Series: On the Evolution of Imperfection -- 4 The Laughing Monkey: The Human Animal -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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