A comprehensive survey on fitness landscape analysis

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 378, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-191

  Pitzer, Erik ^a   Affenzeller, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

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EID: 82255165236     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23229-9_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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