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Scientific publications and conferences


Ph.D. thesis

Consoli S. (2008). The development and application of metaheuristics for problems in graph theory: A computational study, Ph.D. thesis in Brunel University Research Archive, West London, UK.


Journal papers

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Geleijnse G., Korst J., Pauws S. (2009). Heuristic approaches for the quartet method of hierarchical clustering, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, in print, doi:http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TKDE.2009.188.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2009). Greedy randomized adaptive search and variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling spanning tree problem, European Journal of Operational Research, 196(2):440-449.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2009). Variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, Annals of Operations Research, 172(1):71-96.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2010). Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, Natural Computing (special issue NICSO 2007), 9(1):29-46.


Conference proceedings

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2008). Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, In Krasnogor N., Nicosia G., Pavone M., Pelta D. (Eds.), Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2007), volume 129 of Studies in Computational Intelligence, pages 313-322, Springer-Verlag, New York.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2007). Mejora de la exploración y la explotación de las heurísticas constructivas para el MLST problem, Quinto Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2007), Tenerife, Spain.


Conference abstracts

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Geleijnse G., Korst J., Pauws S. (2008). Metaheuristics for the Quartet method of hierarchical clustering, Network Theory & Applications to Computing and Engineering (NET-ACE 2008) Conference, Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Geleijnse G., Korst J., Pauws S. (2008). Comparing metaheuristics for the Quartet method, International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2008) Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, Annals of Operations Research, INFORMS annual meeting 2007, Seattle, United States.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2007). Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, NICSO 2007, the workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization, Acireale, Italy.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Greedy randomized adaptive search and variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling spanning tree problem, 22th European Conference on Operational Research (Chaired the session on Mataheuristics), Prague, Czech Republic.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Metaheuristics based on greedy randomized adaptive search and variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling spanning tree problem, The 20th Anniversary Conference of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO), Limassol, Cyprus.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2007). Mejora de la exploración y la explotación de las heurísticas constructivas para el MLST problem, Quinto Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2007), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.


Conference posters

Consoli S., Geleijnse G., Darby-Dowman K., Korst J., Pauws S. (2008). Comparing metaheuristics for the Quartet method, Marie Curie meeting for the Monitoring Mission in UK for EST (Early Stage Training) Contracts, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Geleijnse G., Darby-Dowman K., Korst J., Pauws S. (2008). Metaheuristics for the Quartet method of hierarchical clustering, Brunel University Conference Poster 2008, Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Metaheuristics for the minimum labelling spanning tree problem, Brunel University Conference Poster 2007, Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S. (2006). Variable Neighborhood Search, an emerging Metaheuristic for Optimization, Brunel University Conference Poster 2006, Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom.


Workshops and seminars attended

NET-ACE SKILLS Workshop (26th-30th April 2007), Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom.

NET-ACE Workshop on theories from scale free and small world networks to problems in computing and engineering (24th-28th April 2006), Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom.


Brunel University technical reports

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Geleijnse G., Korst J., Pauws S. (2008). Metaheuristic approaches for the quartet method of hierarchical clustering, Brunel University Research Archive, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2008). Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, Brunel University Technical Report-April2008 TR/01/08, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, Brunel University Technical Report-Nov2007 TR/03/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Solving the minimum labelling spanning tree problem using hybrid local search, Brunel University Technical Report-Nov2007 TR/02/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Heuristics based on greedy randomized adaptive search and variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling spanning tree problem, Brunel University Technical Report-May2007 TR/01/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K. (2006). Combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics, Brunel University Technical Report-May2006 TR/01/06, West London, United Kingdom.


DEIOC technical reports

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2006). Constructive Heuristics for the Minimum Labelling Spanning Tree Problem: a preliminary comparison, DEIOC Documentos de Trabajo 2006/4, Tenerife, Spain. Also available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2438/504.


CARISMA technical reports

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Geleijnse G., Korst J., Pauws S. (2008). Metaheuristic approaches for the quartet method of hierarchical clustering, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/82/08, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2007). Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/73/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling Steiner tree problem, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/73/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Solving the minimum labelling spanning tree problem using hybrid local search, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/74/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N., Moreno-Pèrez J.A. (2007). Heuristics based on greedy randomized adaptive search and variable neighbourhood search for the minimum labelling spanning tree problem, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/65/07, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2006). Mejora de la exploración y la explotación de las heurísticas constructivas para el MLST problem, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/63/06, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Moreno-Pèrez J.A., Darby-Dowman K., Mladenovic N. (2006). Constructive Heuristics for the Minimum Labelling Spanning Tree Problem: a preliminary comparison, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/62/06, West London, United Kingdom.

Consoli S., Darby-Dowman K. (2006). Combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics, CARISMA Technical Report CTR/61/06, West London, United Kingdom.