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Global optimization seeks a minimum or maximum of a multimodal function over a discrete or continuous domain. In this paper, we propose a hybrid heuristic—based on the CGRASP and GENCAN methods—for finding approximate solutions for continuous global optimization problems subject to box constraints. Experimental results illustrate the relative effectiveness of CGRASP–GENCAN on a set of benchmark multimodal test functions.
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This research was done while Ricardo M. A. Silva was a visiting post-doctoral scholar at AT&T Labs Research. His work was partially funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil.
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Birgin, E.G., Gozzi, E.M., Resende, M.G.C. et al. Continuous GRASP with a local active-set method for bound-constrained global optimization. J Glob Optim 48, 289–310 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10898-009-9494-z
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