Examples include bio-inspired optimization techniques such as genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization, and geometry-inspired techniques such as Nelder-Mead (also known as simplex, or amoeba ...

The recently developed KIVA-GA computer code was used in the current study to optimize the combustion chamber geometry of a heavy-duty diesel truck engine and a high-speed direct-injection (HSDI) ...

Lysa Porth, Jeffrey Pai, Milton Boyd, A Portfolio Optimization Approach Using Combinatorics With a Genetic Algorithm for Developing a Reinsurance Model, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 82, No.

Immigration is generally considered an option in genetic algorithms, but I have found immigration to be extremely useful in almost all situations where I use evolutionary optimization. The idea of ...