Performance study of mode-pursuing sampling method

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Duan, X ^a   Wang, G G ^b   Kang, X ^a   Niu, Q ^a   Naterer, G ^c   Peng, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Global optimization; Mode pursuing sampling

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BENCHMARK FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL TIMES; COMPUTER MEMORIES; DIRECT OPTIMIZATIONS; DIRECT SEARCH METHODS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS; GLOBAL OPTIMUMS; MODE-PURSUING SAMPLING; NEW MODES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PERFORMANCE STUDIES; PRACTICAL ENGINEERINGS; SAMPLE POINTS; SAMPLING METHODS;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 58049181459     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150802345995     Document Type: Article

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