Edinburgh Napier University

  Continuum Industries novel software tech allows engineers to automate their work and evaluate millions of possible combinations of design parameters. Primary application lies in linear infrastructure design - roads, railways, pipelines, cables. Whereas the core of each infrastructure type is similar, the context within which a given project is set might differ widely: on land, at sea, in flat terrain, hilly terrain, sparsely or densely populated areas. As a result, the company is facing a challenge in ensuring that software tech performance is robust when dealing with a variety of problems. One approach to solving this problem is to use hyperheuristics - an approach that will help the algorithms automatically adjust their settings when dealing with a new problem. In this project, Edinburgh Napier University will provide their expertise and help the company understand if hyperheuristics can feasibly address the problem.