DEMCMC-GPU: An efficient multi-objective optimization method with GPU acceleration on the fermi architecture

New Generation Computing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-184

  Zhu, Weihang ^a   Yaseen, Ashraf ^b   Li, Yaohang ^b  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphics processing unit; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Multi objective optimization

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK FUNCTIONS; CACHE MECHANISM; CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; EFFICIENT METHOD; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PARETO-OPTIMAL FRONT; PSEUDO RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; SEARCH SPACES; SORTING ALGORITHM;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMBER THEORY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80051657336     PISSN: 02883635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00354-010-0103-y     Document Type: Article

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