Plan Krzysztof Socha

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Plan (future work)

• ACO Algorithm for Mixed-Variable Optimization

Goals

• Write a Ph.D. thesis.

Things to do

Description	Start date	Deadline	Time required	status
Experiments on continuous optimization with local PCA	5/12/2005	12/12/2005	~1 week	In progress
Comparison of some of the algorithms developed by Thomas' student with my ACO	N.A.	N.A.	~1 week	May be started once the algorithms are available
Comparison of PSO algorithms developed by Marco with my ACO	N.A.	N.A.	~1 week	May be started once the algorithms are available
Choosing or creating mixed-variable test functions	1/11/2005	31/12/2005	~1 week	In progress
Implementation of ACO for mixed-variable optimization	1/11/2005	31/12/2006	~2 weeks	In progress
Experiments with mixed-variable optimization	1/01/2006	15/01/2006	~2 weeks	To be started after the previous tasks

Papers to write

Title	Journal/Conference targeted	Start date	Submission deadline
ACO for Mixed-Variable Optimization	?	N.A.	N.A.