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This work presents a Java-based environment that facilitates the development of distributed algorithms using the OSGi standard. OSGi is a plug-in oriented development platform that enables the installation, support and deployment of components that expose and use services dynamically. Using OSGi in a large research area, like the Heuristic Algorithms, facilitate the creation or modification of algorithms, operators or problems using its features: event administration, easy service implementation, transparent service distribution and lifecycle management. In this work, a framework based in OSGi is presented, and as an example two heuristics have been developed: a Tabu Search and a Distributed Genetic Algorithm.
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García-Sánchez, P. et al. (2010). A Distributed Service Oriented Framework for Metaheuristics Using a Public Standard. In: González, J.R., Pelta, D.A., Cruz, C., Terrazas, G., Krasnogor, N. (eds) Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2010). Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 284. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12538-6_18
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