Zadehs extension principle for continuous functions of non-interactive variables: A parallel optimization approach

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-108

  Scheerlinck, Karolien ^a   Vernieuwe, Hilde ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extension principle; interval calculus; nonmonotone function; parallel computing; particle swarm optimization (PSO)

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK FUNCTIONS; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXTENSION PRINCIPLES; FUZZY INTERVAL; GRADIENT DESCENT; INTERVAL CALCULUS; NON-INTERACTIVE; NON-TRIVIAL; NONMONOTONE; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PARALLEL OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL VERSION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SIMULATED ANNEALING;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 84856812699     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2011.2168406     Document Type: Article

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