Gaussian variable neighborhood search for continuous optimization

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2206-2213

  Carrizosa, Emilio ^a   Dražić, Milan ^b   Dražić, Zorica ^b   Mladenović, Nenad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaussian distribution; Global optimization; Metaheuristics; Nonlinear programming; Variable neighborhood search

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION; CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; GAUSSIAN VARIABLES; META HEURISTICS; SEARCH SPACES; VARIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD SEARCH;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84855530343     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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