Engineering optimization by means of an improved constrained differential evolution

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 884-904

  Gong, Wenyin ^a   Cai, Zhihua ^a   Liang, Dingwen ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; Differential evolution; Dynamic diversity mechanism; Engineering optimization; Ranking based mutation

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; BENCHMARK FUNCTIONS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMI-ZATION PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; MUTATION OPERATORS; RANKING-BASED MUTATION;

BENCHMARKING; DYNAMICS; ENGINEERING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84888852172     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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