Novel derivative of harmony search algorithm for discrete design variables

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Geem, Zong Woo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimization; Discrete variable; Evolutionary algorithm; Harmony search; Meta heuristics; Soft computing; Stochastic derivative

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOFT COMPUTING;

DISCRETE DESIGN VARIABLES; DISCRETE VARIABLES; HARMONY SEARCH; META HEURISTICS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 41949119615     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2007.09.049     Document Type: Article

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