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Memetic Algorithms in Continuous Optimization

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Handbook of Memetic Algorithms

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 379))

Introduction and Basic Concepts

Intuitively, a set is considered to be discrete if it is composed of isolated elements, whereas it is considered to be continuous if it is composed of infinite and contiguous elements and does not contain “holes”.

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  1. Dept. de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Málaga, Spain

    Carlos Cotta

  2. Department of Mathematical Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, Agora, 40014, Finland

    Ferrante Neri

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  1. Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland

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  2. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, s/n, 29071, Málaga, Spain

    Carlos Cotta

  3. School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Newcastle, University Drive, 2308, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

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Cotta, C., Neri, F. (2012). Memetic Algorithms in Continuous Optimization. In: Neri, F., Cotta, C., Moscato, P. (eds) Handbook of Memetic Algorithms. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 379. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3_8

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