Recent trends indicate rapid growth of nature-inspired optimization in academia and industry

Computing (Vienna/New York)

Volumn 93, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 121-133

  Whitacre, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Evolutionary algorithms; Mathematical programming; Nature inspired meta heuristics; Operations research; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL DATA; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; META HEURISTICS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; RAPID GROWTH; RECENT TRENDS;

DECISION THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84855563157     PISSN: 0010485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00607-011-0154-z     Document Type: Article

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