Evolutionary Computing for the Optimization of Mathematical Functions

The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and the Genetic Algorithms (GA) have been used successfully in solving problems of optimization with continuous and combinatorial search spaces. In this paper the results of the application of PSO and GAs for the optimization of mathematical functions is presented. These two methodologies have been implemented with the goal of making a comparison of their performance in solving complex optimization problems. This paper describes a comparison between a GA and PSO for the optimization of a complex mathematical function.

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