A numerical study of some modified differential evolution algorithms

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1176-1184

  Kaelo, P ^a   Ali, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Continuous variable; Global optimization; Modified differential evolution; Population set based method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; LOCALIZATION; MODIFIED DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; POPULATION SET BASED METHOD;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 27144498157     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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