A hybrid genetic algorithm for multiobjective problems with activity analysis-based local search

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-203

  Whittaker, Gerald ^a   Confesor Jr , Remegio ^b   Griffith, Stephen M ^a   Färe, Rolf ^b   Grosskopf, Shawna ^b   Steiner, Jeffrey J ^a   Mueller Warrant, George W ^a   Banowetz, Gary M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Data envelopment analysis; Genetic algorithms; Multiple criteria analysis; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; BIOPHYSICAL MODELING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHM; INPUT TAX; LOCAL SEARCH; LOCAL SEARCH METHODS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROBLEMS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; NSGA-II; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PARETO-OPTIMAL SETS;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 52049115224     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.10.050     Document Type: Article

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