Genetic algorithms and Monte Carlo simulation for the optimization of system design and operation

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue , 2007, Pages 101-150

  Marseguerra, Marzio ^a   Zio, Enrico ^a   Podofillini, Luca ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33845682962     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37368-1_4     Document Type: Article

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