A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Bottleneck Traveling Salesman Problem. - Zakir Hussain Ahmed (ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst., 2013)

An improved genetic algorithm using adaptive mutation operator for the quadratic assignment problem. - Zakir Hussain Ahmed (TSP, 2015)

Experimental analysis of crossover and mutation operators on the quadratic assignment problem. - Zakir Hussain Ahmed (Ann. Oper. Res., 2016)

Appling the Roulette Wheel Selection Approach to Address the Issues of Premature Convergence and Stagnation in the Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm. - Asaad Shakir Hameed; Haiffa Muhsan B. Alrikabi; Abeer A. Abdul-Razaq; Zakir Hussain Ahmed; Huda Karem Nasser; Modhi Lafta Mutar (Appl. Comput. Intell. Soft Comput., 2023)

The Line-Haul Feeder Vehicle Routing Problem: A Classification and Review. - Majid Yousefikhoshbakht; Mohamadreza Chaharmahali; Zakir Hussain Ahmed (Complex., 2023)

A Hybrid Algorithm for the Heterogeneous Fixed Fleet Open Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. - Zakir Hussain Ahmed; Majid Yousefikhoshbakht (Symmetry, 2023)

An Enhanced Ant Colony System Algorithm Based on Subpaths for Solving the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem. - Zakir Hussain Ahmed; Asaad Shakir Hameed; Modhi Lafta Mutar; Habibollah Haron (Symmetry, 2023)

Solving the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem Using Sequential Constructive Crossover Operator in Genetic Algorithm. - Zakir Hussain Ahmed; Maha Ata Al-Furhood; Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar; Shakir Khan (Comput. Syst. Sci. Eng., 2024)