ÖZDAMAR, LINET; PEDAMALLU, CHANDRA SEKHAR - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR) 27 (2010) 03, pp. 347-367
We propose a Population based dual-sequence Non-Penalty Annealing algorithm (PNPA) for solving the general nonlinear constrained optimization problem. The PNPA maintains a population of solutions that are intermixed by crossover to supply a new starting solution for simulated annealing...