An intelligent moving object optimization algorithm for design problems with mixed variables, mixed constraints and multiple objectives

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-58

  Rahman, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct search algorithm; Mixed variable optimization; Multi objective optimization; Nelder Mead algorithm; Non linear constrained optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DIRECT-SEARCH ALGORITHM; MIXED-VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; NELDER-MEAD ALGORITHM; NON-LINEAR CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745325340     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-005-0552-y     Document Type: Article

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