A distributed service oriented framework for metaheuristics using a public standard

Abstract

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. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.