Solving irregular econometric and mathematical optimization problems with a Genetic Hybrid Algorithm

Computational Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-115

  Östermark, Ralf ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Econometric functions; Evolutionary programming; Nonlinear programming; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001293839     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008621308348     Document Type: Article

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