Convergence enhanced genetic algorithm with successive zooming method for solving continuous optimization problems

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1715-1725

  Kwon, Young Doo ^a   Kwon, Soon Bum ^a   Jin, Seung Bo ^a   Kim, Jae Yong ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Probability; Successive zooming genetic algorithm (SZGA); Zooming factor

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

SUCCESSIVE ZOOMING GENETIC ALGORITHM (SZGA);

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0038717145     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(03)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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