An improvement on the Migrating Birds Optimization with a problem-specific neighboring function for the multi-objective task allocation problem

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Highlights：

• Migrating Birds Optimization algorithm is improved for task allocation problem.

• A problem-specific neighboring function for task allocation problem is designed.

• To evaluate the solution quality, problem is solved by a quadratic programming tool.

• Performance of the algorithm is compared with 3 recent stochastic search algorithms.

摘要

•Migrating Birds Optimization algorithm is improved for task allocation problem.•A problem-specific neighboring function for task allocation problem is designed.•To evaluate the solution quality, problem is solved by a quadratic programming tool.•Performance of the algorithm is compared with 3 recent stochastic search algorithms.

论文关键词：Distributed systems,Task allocation problem,Metaheuristic optimization algorithms,Stochastic search algorithms

论文评审过程：Received 11 February 2016, Revised 1 September 2016, Accepted 22 September 2016, Available online 1 October 2016, Version of Record 7 October 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.09.035