Differential Evolution: A Handbook for Global Permutation-Based Combinatorial Optimization

ISBN-13: 9783662518922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 213 str.

Godfrey C. Onwubolu; Donald Davendra

Opis

This book, the first devoted entirely to the subject, presents in detail the various permutative-based combinatorial differential evolution formulations by their initiators in an easy-to-follow manner through numerous illustrations and computer code.

Spis treści

Motivation for Differential Evolution for Permutative—Based Combinatorial Problems.- Differential Evolution for Permutation—Based Combinatorial Problems.- Forward Backward Transformation.- Relative Position Indexing Approach.- Smallest Position Value Approach.- Discrete/Binary Approach.- Discrete Set Handling.

Blurb

This is the first book devoted entirely to Differential Evolution (DE) for global permutative-based combinatorial optimization.

Since its original development, DE has mainly been applied to solving problems characterized by continuous parameters. This means that only a subset of real-world problems could be solved by the original, classical DE algorithm. This book presents in detail the various permutative-based combinatorial DE formulations by their initiators in an easy-to-follow manner, through extensive illustrations and computer code. It is a valuable resource for professionals and students interested in DE in order to have full potentials of DE at their disposal as a proven optimizer.

All source programs in C and Mathematica programming languages are downloadable from the website of Springer.