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Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended hyflex domains. / Almutairi, Alhanof; Özcan, Ender; Kheiri, Ahmed et al.
Computer and Information Sciences - 31st International Symposium, ISCIS 2016, Proceedings. ed. / Ricardo Lent; Erol Gelenbe; Tadeusz Czachórski; Krzysztof Grochla. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 154-162 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 659).

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Almutairi, A, Özcan, E, Kheiri, A & Jackson, WG 2016, Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended hyflex domains. in R Lent, E Gelenbe, T Czachórski & K Grochla (eds), Computer and Information Sciences - 31st International Symposium, ISCIS 2016, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 659, Springer Verlag, pp. 154-162, 31st International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2016, Kraków, Poland, 27/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47217-1_17

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Almutairi, A., Özcan, E., Kheiri, A., & Jackson, W. G. (2016). Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended hyflex domains. In R. Lent, E. Gelenbe, T. Czachórski, & K. Grochla (Eds.), Computer and Information Sciences - 31st International Symposium, ISCIS 2016, Proceedings (pp. 154-162). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 659). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47217-1_17

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Almutairi A, Özcan E, Kheiri A, Jackson WG. Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended hyflex domains. In Lent R, Gelenbe E, Czachórski T, Grochla K, editors, Computer and Information Sciences - 31st International Symposium, ISCIS 2016, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 154-162. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47217-1_17

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Almutairi, Alhanof ; Özcan, Ender ; Kheiri, Ahmed et al. / Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended hyflex domains. Computer and Information Sciences - 31st International Symposium, ISCIS 2016, Proceedings. editor / Ricardo Lent ; Erol Gelenbe ; Tadeusz Czachórski ; Krzysztof Grochla. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 154-162 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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