Differential Evolution - A Simple and Efficient Heuristic for Global Optimization over Continuous Spaces

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-359

  Storn, Rainer ^a   Price, Kenneth ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution strategy; Genetic algorithm; Global optimization; Nonlinear optimization; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142000477     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008202821328     Document Type: Article

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