Genetic algorithms + data structures = evolution programs (3rd ed.)
Genetic algorithms + data structures = evolution programs (3rd ed.)
A New Memetic Algorithm for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem
Journal of Heuristics
Journal of Global Optimization
Introduction to Global Optimization (Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications)
Introduction to Global Optimization (Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications)
A hybrid genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization for multimodal functions
Applied Soft Computing
Minimizing the multimodal functions with Ant Colony Optimization approach
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A restarted and modified simplex search for unconstrained optimization
Computers and Operations Research
Computers and Industrial Engineering - Special issue: Group technology/cellular manufacturing
A simulated annealing driven multi-start algorithm for bound constrained global optimization
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
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This paper applies a genetic algorithm with hierarchically structured population to solve unconstrained optimization problems. The population has individuals distributed in several overlapping clusters, each one with a leader and a variable number of support individuals. The hierarchy establishes that leaders must be fitter than its supporters with the topological organization of the clusters following a tree. Computational tests evaluate different population structures, population sizes and crossover operators for better algorithm performance. A set of known benchmark test problems is solved and the results found are compared with those obtained from other methods described in the literature, namely, two genetic algorithms, a simulated annealing, a differential evolution and a particle swarm optimization. The results indicate that the method employed is capable of achieving better performance than the previous approaches in regard as the two criteria usually employed for comparisons: the number of function evaluations and rate of success. The method also has a superior performance if the number of problems solved is taken into account.