Graphics processing units and genetic programming: An overview

Soft Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1657-1669

  Langdon, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C++ CODES; GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTING; GRAPHICS CARD; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; SPEED-UPS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS;

GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79960098924     PISSN: 14327643     EISSN: 14337479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00500-011-0695-2     Document Type: Article

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