Memetic Algorithms: Parametrization and Balancing Local and Global Search
This is a preprint of a book chapter from the Handbook of Memetic Algorithms, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 379, ISBN 978-3-642-23246-6, Springer, edited by F. Neri, C. Cotta, and P. Moscato. It is devoted to the parametrization of memetic algorithms and how to find a good balance between global and local search.
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