Evaluation of the performance of evolutionary algorithms for optimization of low-enthalpy geothermal heating plants

GECCO'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1047-1054

  Beck, Markus ^a   De Paly, Michael ^a   Hecht Méndez, Jozsef ^a   Bayer, Peter ^b   Zell, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

borehole heat exchanger; evolutionary computing; geothermal energy; linear programming; optimization; space heating

Indexed keywords

BEST CHOICE; BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY EXTRACTION; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS (EAS); EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING; HEATING ENERGY; MONTE CARLO; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; RANDOM SEARCHES; REAL-VALUED GENETIC ALGORITHM; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL IMPACTS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENTHALPY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SPACE HEATING;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84864717595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2330163.2330309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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