The cross-entropy method and its application to inverse problems

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3401-3404

  Ho, S L ^a   Yang, Shiyou ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross entropy method; evolutionary algorithm; inverse problem; metaheuristics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

CROSS-ENTROPY METHOD; ITS APPLICATIONS; LOCAL OPTIMAL SOLUTION; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; META HEURISTICS; SMOOTHING PARAMETER;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 77954843766     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2044380     Document Type: Article

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