Selection of genetic algorithm parameters for backcalculation of pavement moduli

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-90

  Reddy, M Amaranatha ^a   Reddy, K Sudhakar ^b   Pandey, B B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Backcalculation; Computational effort; Genetic algorithm; Pavement layer moduli; Selection of GA parameters

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUTAGENS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

BACKCALCULATION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT (CE); PAVEMENT LAYER MODULI; SELECTION OF GENETIC ALGORITHM PARAMETERS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 7044235218     PISSN: 10298436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298430412331309106     Document Type: Article

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