Efficient genetic algorithms for solving hard constrained optimization problems
A. Nicolas, Laurent Krähenbühl, Bruno Sareni · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics · 2000
This paper studies many Genetic Algorithm strategies to solve hard-constrained optimization problems. It investigates the role of various genetic operators to avoid premature convergence. In particular, an analysis of niching methods is carried out on a simple function to show advantages and drawbacks of each of them. Comparisons are also performed on an original benchmark based on an electrode shape optimization technique coupled with a charge simulation method.