An improved genetic algorithm with initial population strategy and self-adaptive member grouping

Computers and Structures

Volumn 86, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1204-1218

  Toǧan, Vedat ^a   Daloǧlu, Ayşe T ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Initial population; Optimization; Self adaptive member grouping

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MEMBER GROUPING STRATEGY; POPULATION STRATEGY;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 43049127755     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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