Enhancing evolutionary algorithms with statistical selection procedures for simulation optimization

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 842-852

  Buchholz, Peter ^a   Thümmler, Axel ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES; STATISTICAL SELECTION PROCEDURES;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33846667309     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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