Engineering design optimization using species-conserving genetic algorithms

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-161

  Li, Jian Ping ^a   Balazs, M E ^b   Parks, G T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Richmond American International University   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio inspired computation; Engineering design optimization; Genetic algorithms; Optimization; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; SPECIES-CONSERVING GENETIC ALGORITHM (SCGA);

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33947589419     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150601044823     Document Type: Article

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