Constrained non-linear programming: A minimum cross-entropy algorithm

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-487

  Das, N C ^a   Mazumder, S K ^b   De, Kajal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

MINIMUM CROSS-ENTROPY ALGORITHMS; SURROGATE CONSTRAINTS;

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0032659086     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052159908941383     Document Type: Article

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