A Metropolis algorithm combined with Nelder–Mead Simplex applied to nuclear reactor core design

A parallel genetic algorithm with nichin

A parallel genetic algorithm with niching technique applied to a nuclear reactor core design optimization problem

✍ Cláudio M.N.A. Pereira; Wagner F. Sacco 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 259 KB

Genetic algorithms (GAs) are global optimization techniques inspired by the mechanisms of natural evolution. In many complex problems, GAs have demonstrated to overcome traditional techniques. The key for such success is the efficient exploration of the search space obtained by maintaining diversity