A stochastic rank-based ant system for discrete structural optimization

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 68-75

  Fonseca, L G ^a   Capriles, P V S Z ^a   Barbosa, H J C ^a   Lemonge, A C C ^b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEURISTIC METHODS; METADATA; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANT SYSTEMS; DISCRETE STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SETS; STOCHASTIC RANKING;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 34548772974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIS.2007.368028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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