• A cloud-based enhanced differential evolution algorithm for parameter estimation problems in computational systems biology 

      Teijeiro, Diego; Pardo, Xoán C.; Penas, David R.; González, Patricia; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Springer New York LLC, 2017)
      [Abstract] Metaheuristics are gaining increasing recognition in many research areas, computational systems biology among them. Recent advances in metaheuristics can be helpful in locating the vicinity of the global solution ...
    • Adaptación mediante gain scheduling bajo Foundation Fieldbus 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Piñón-Pazos, A.; Pardo, Xoán C. (Universidad de La Laguna, 2002)
      [Resumen] Se describe una alternativa de implementación de control adaptativo mediante administración de ganancia (gain scheduling) utilizando las técnicas de diseño que ofrece el estándar Fundation Fieldbus
    • Alternative to adjust the rule base on rule based controllers 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C.; Vidal Paz, José (Pergamon, 2000)
      [Abstract] This paper describes a method to find a rule-base to be used on a rule based adaptive PID controller. A rule base is achieved by means of a direct method of fuzzy modelling by Takagi and Sugeno procedure by ...
    • An Efficient Ant Colony Optimization Framework for HPC Environments 

      González, Patricia; Osorio, Roberto; Pardo, Xoán C.; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Elsevier, 2022)
      [Abstract] Combinatorial optimization problems arise in many disciplines, both in the basic sciences and in applied fields such as engineering and economics. One of the most popular combinatorial optimization methods is ...
    • Application of simulation to mechanical fault diagnosis by pattern matching with parity equations 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C.; Vidal Paz, José (Universidade da Coruña, 1999)
      [Abstract] The operation of technical processes requires increasingly advanced supervision and fault diagnosis procedures to improve reliability, safety and global efficiency. Simulation associated to signal analysis ...
    • Control IMC Adaptativo bajo Foundation Fieldbus 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Meizoso-López, María-Carmen; Pardo, Xoán C. (Universidad de La Laguna, 2002)
      [Resumen] Este artículo describe la técnica de diseño e implementación del algoritmo de control basado en el modelo interno (IMC) para ser implementado bajo arquitecturas del estándar Fundation Fieldbus
    • De los reguladores convencionales a los reguladores basados en lógica difusa 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C.; Vidal Paz, José (Junta de Castilla y León, 1999)
      [Resumen] En este trabajo se revisan los conceptos de control industrial referido a tareas de control típicamente afrontadas por medio de reguladores PID convencionales y que son susceptibles de ser resueltas mediante ...
    • Discrete event control with CFC 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C. (Universidade de Vigo, 2003)
      [Abstrac] In this paper it is proposed a discrete event control system representation methodology to design, implement and operate sequential systems, as an alternative to the sequential function chart (SFC) description ...
    • Evaluation of Parallel Differential Evolution Implementations on MapReduce and Spark 

      Teijeiro, Diego; Pardo, Xoán C.; Penas, David R.; González, Patricia; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Springer, 2017-09)
      [Abstract] Global optimization problems arise in many areas of science and engineering, computational and systems biology and bioinformatics among them. Many research efforts have focused on developing parallel metaheuristics ...
    • Hybrid FDI on chemical plants 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C.; Vidal Paz, José (International Federation of Automatic Control, 1998)
      [Abstract] This paper illustrates an alternative implementation to automatic protection and supervision task using the basic principles of model-based fault-detection and isolation associated to the rule-based FDI with ...
    • Hybrid parallel multimethod hyperheuristic for mixed-integer dynamic optimization problems in computational systems biology 

      González, Patricia; Argüeso-Alejandro, Pablo; Penas, David R.; Pardo, Xoán C.; Sáez-Rodríguez, Julio; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Springer New York LLC, 2019-05-08)
      [Abstract] This paper describes and assesses a parallel multimethod hyperheuristic for the solution of complex global optimization problems. In a multimethod hyperheuristic, different metaheuristics cooperate to outperform ...
    • Implementing cloud-based parallel metaheuristics: an overview 

      González, Patricia; Pardo, Xoán C.; Doallo, Ramón; Banga, Julio R. (Universidad Nacional de la Plata - Facultad de Informatica, 2018-12-12)
      [Abstract] Metaheuristics are among the most popular methods for solving hard global optimization problems in many areas of science and engineering. Their parallel im- plementation applying HPC techniques is a common ...
    • Implementing Parallel Differential Evolution on Spark 

      Teijeiro, Diego; Pardo, Xoán C.; González, Patricia; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Springer, 2016-04-02)
      [Abstract] Metaheuristics are gaining increased attention as an efficient way of solving hard global optimization problems. Differential Evolution (DE) is one of the most popular algorithms in that class. However, its ...
    • Multimethod Optimization for Reverse Engineering of Complex Biological Networks 

      González, Patricia; Penas, David R.; Pardo, Xoán C.; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Association for Computing Machinery, 2018-09)
      [Abstract] Optimization problems appears in different areas of science and engineering. This paper considers the general problem of reverse engineering in computational biology by means of mixed-integer nonlinear dynamic ...
    • Multimethod optimization in the cloud: A case‐study in systems biology modelling 

      González, Patricia; Penas, David R.; Pardo, Xoán C.; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Wiley, 2018-06-25)
      [Abstract] Optimization problems appear in many different applications in science and engineering. A large number of different algorithms have been proposed for solving them; however, there is no unique general optimization ...
    • Object oriented tool to model and simulate disvrete event systems 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C.; Vidal Paz, José (Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Servicio de Publicaciones y Producción Documental, 2000)
      [Abstract] This paper illustrates the methodology to develop a real time object oriented tool (RTOOT) destined to design and implement SFC based applications by means of an object oriented virtual engineering environment, ...
    • Performance Evaluation of Big Data Frameworks for Large-Scale Data Analytics 

      Veiga, Jorge; Expósito, Roberto R.; Pardo, Xoán C.; Taboada, Guillermo L.; Touriño, Juan (IEEE Computer Society, 2017-02-06)
      [Abstract] The increasing adoption of Big Data analytics has led to a high demand for efficient technologies in order to manage and process large datasets. Popular MapReduce frameworks such as Hadoop are being replaced by ...
    • Population based metaheuristics in Spark: Towards a general framework using PSO as a case study 

      Pardo, Xoán C.; González, Patricia; Banga, Julio R.; Doallo, Ramón (Elsevier, 2024-03)
      [Abstract]: Over the years metaheuristics have been successfully applied to optimization problems in many real-world applications. The increasing complexity and scale of the problems addressed has posed new challenges to ...
    • Preliminary design study of a fuzzy tracking controller applied to a crane type manipulator 

      Ferreiro García, Ramón; Pardo, Xoán C.; Vidal Paz, José (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 1999)
      [Abstract] The main purpose of a control system is usually to force the output to follow a reference input with zero steady state error while satisfying certain transient requirements such the settling time for rapid ...