A hybrid evolutionary algorithm for cluster geometry optimization: The importance of structural elitism

Proceedings - 8th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, HIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 911-914

  Pereira, Francisco B ^a,b   Marques, Jorge M C ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ATOMIC CLUSTERS; GLOBAL MINIMUMS; HYBRID EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MORSE CLUSTERS; SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 55349105157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HIS.2008.98     Document Type: Conference Paper

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