An efficient hybrid algorithm for the optimization of problems with several local minima

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 847-868

  Alotto, P ^a   Nervi, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct optimization; Finite element analysis; Interpolation; Optimization; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0035119372     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0207(20010210)50:4<847::AID-NME54>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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