Hybrid optimization coupling electromagnetism and descent search for engineering problems

In this paper, we present a new stochastic hybrid technique for constrained global optimization. It is a combination of the electromagnetism-like (EM) mechanism with an approximate descent search, which is a derivative-free procedure with high ability of producing a descent direction. Since the orig...

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Main Author: Rocha, Ana Maria A. C. (author)
Other Authors: Fernandes, Edite Manuela da G. P. (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/9667
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/9667