Maintaining Population Diversity in Evolution Strategy for Engineering Problems

In the paper three new mechanisms for maintaining population diversity in (μ,i¾?)-evolution strategies are introduced: deterministic modification of standard deviations, crowding, and elitism. The proposed mechanisms are experimentally verified with the use of optimal shape designing of rotating variable-thickness annular elastic discs problem.

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