A tunneling based method for mixed-discrete constrainednonlinear optimization

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Kott, Gregory J ^a   Gabriele, Gary A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed discrete optimization; Nonlinear programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; MIXED-DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION SOLVERS; ROUNDING PROCEDURES; SECOND PHASE;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 0011141966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DAC-5592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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