Recent Advances in Memetic Algorithms

Memetic algorithms are evolutionary algorithms that apply a local search process to refine solutions to hard problems. Memetic algorithms are the subject of intense scientific research and have been successfully applied to a multitude of real-world proble

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Recent Advances in Memetic Algorithms

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing,Volume 166 Editor-in-chief Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences ul. Newelska 6 0 1-447 Warsaw Poland E-mail: [email protected] Further volumes of this series can be found on our homepage: springeronline.com

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William E. Hart N. Krasnogor J. E. Smith (Eds.)

Recent Advances in Memetic Algorithms

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William E. H a r t

Dr. J. E. S m i t h

Sandia National Laboratories

Faculty of Computing, Engineering

Algorithms and

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Discrete Mathematics Department

University of the West of England

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N. Krasnogor Automatic Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning Group School of Computer Science and IT University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus Wollaton Road NG8 1BB Nottingham United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] ISSN 1434-9922 ISBN 3-540-22904-3 Springer Berlin

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