Music-Inspired Harmony Search Algorithm Theory and Applications /

Calculus has been used in solving many scientific and engineering problems. For optimization problems, however, the differential calculus technique sometimes has a drawback when the objective function is step-wise, discontinuous, or multi-modal, or when decision variables are discrete rather than co...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Geem, Zong Woo. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Series:Studies in Computational Intelligence, 191
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505 0 # |a Harmony Search as a Metaheuristic Algorithm -- Overview of Applications and Developments in the Harmony Search Algorithm -- Harmony Search Methods for Multi-Modal and Constrained Optimization -- Solving NP-Complete Problems by Harmony Search -- Harmony Search Applications in Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical Engineering -- Optimum Design of Steel Skeleton Structures -- Harmony Search Algorithms for Water and Environmental Systems -- Identification of Groundwater Parameter Structure Using Harmony Search Algorithm -- Modified Harmony Methods for Slope Stability Problems -- Harmony Search Algorithm for Transport Energy Demand Modeling -- Sound Classification in Hearing Aids by the Harmony Search Algorithm -- Harmony Search in Therapeutic Medical Physics. 
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