A survey on applications of the harmony search algorithm

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1818-1831

  Manjarres, D ^a   Landa Torres, I ^a   Gil Lopez, S ^a   Del Ser, J ^a   Bilbao, M N ^b   Salcedo Sanz, S ^c   Geem, Z W ^d  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Applications; Harmony search algorithm; State of the art

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS;

DIVERSE FIELDS; HARMONY SEARCH; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; META-HEURISTIC APPROACH; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RESEARCH TRENDS; STATE OF THE ART;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84880780449     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2013.05.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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