A new approach to global optimization using ideas from nonlinear stability theory

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue , 1992, Pages 2817-2820

  Shashikala, H ^a   Sancheti, N K ^a   Keerthi, S S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION;

GRADIENT VECTOR FIELD; LOCAL MAXIMUM; LOCAL MINIMUMS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; STABILITY REGIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84887269505     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.1992.230612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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