A software project management problem solved by firefly algorithm

Broderick Crawford, Ricardo Soto, Franklin Johnson, Sanjay Misra, Eduardo Olguín

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Abstract

In software project management there are several problems to deal, one of those is the Software Project Scheduling Problem (SPSP). This problem requires to assign a set of resources to tasks for a given project, trying to decrease the duration and cost of the whole project. The workers and their skills are the main resources in the project. In this paper we present the SPSP as a combinatorial optimization problem and a novel approach to solve SPSP by a Firefly algorithm. Firefly algorithm is a new metaheuristic based on the behaviour of the firefly. We present the design of the resolution model to solve the SPSP using an algorithm of fireflies and we illustrate some experimental results in order to demonstrate the viability and soundness of our approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications - 16th International Conference, ICCSA 2016, Proceedings
EditorsSanjay Misra, Osvaldo Gervasi, Carmelo M. Torre, David Taniar, Elena Stankova, Ana Maria A.C. Rocha, Shangguang Wang, Beniamino Murgante, Bernady O. Apduhan
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages40-49
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319420912
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event16th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2016 - Beijing, China
Duration: 4 Jul 20167 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9790
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period4/07/167/07/16

Keywords

  • Firefly algorithm
  • Metaheuristic
  • Project management
  • Software project scheduling problem

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