Hybrid genetic algorithms for constrained placement problems

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-271

  Schnecke, Volker ^a   Vornberger, Oliver ^a   Schnecke, V ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimization; Facility layout problem; Multiparent recombination; Tree structured genotype representation; Vlsi physical design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; CONSTRAINED PLACEMENT PROBLEMS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0031277370     PISSN: 1089778X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4235.687887     Document Type: Article

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