Global search methods for nonlinear optimisation: a new probabilistic-stochastic approach

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Defense date2003
PublisherInternational Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)
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Abstract
In this work the problem of overcoming local minima in the solution of nonlinear optimisation problems is addressed. As a first step, the existing nonlinear local and global optimisation methods are reviewed so as to identify their advantages and disadvantages. Then, the major capabilities of a number of successful methods such as genetic, deterministic global optimisation methods and simmulated annealing, are combined to develop an alternative global optimisation approach based on a Stochastic-Probabilistic heuristic.
The capabilities, in terms of robustness and efficiency, of this new approach are validated through the solution of a number of nonlinear optimisation problems. A well know evolutionary technique (Differential Evolution) is also considered for the solution of these case studies offering a better insight of the possibilities of the method proposed here.
CitationBugeda, G., Balsa-Canto, E., Thamotheram, C., Oñate, E., Zarate, J. Global search methods for nonlinear optimisation: a new probabilistic-stochastic approach. A: Conference on Evolutionary Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems. "Evolutionary methods for design, optimization and control: applications to industrial and societal problems: proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Evolutionary Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems Barcelona, September 2003". Barcelona: International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2003, p. 1-9.
ISBN84-95999-33-1
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