LibCudaOptimize: An open source library of GPU-based metaheuristics

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 117-123

  Nashed, Youssef S G ^a   Ugolotti, Roberto ^a   Mesejo, Pablo ^a   Cagnoni, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CUDA; Differential evolution; GPGPU; Open source library; Particle swarm optimization; Scatter search; Solis and Wets local search

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LOCAL SEARCH (OPTIMIZATION); PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CUDA; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; GPGPU; OPEN-SOURCE LIBRARIES; SCATTER SEARCH; SOLIS AND WETS LOCAL SEARCHES;

HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84864976693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2330784.2330803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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