Birbil, Ş. İlker; Fang, Shu-Cherng An electromagnetism-like mechanism for global optimization. (English) Zbl 1047.90045 J. Glob. Optim. 25, No. 3, 263-282 (2003). Summary: This paper proposes a new heuristic for global optimization. The method utilizes an attraction-repulsion mechanism to move the sample points towards the optimality. The proposed scheme can be used either as a stand-alone approach or as an accompanying procedure for other methods. Some test results on nonlinear test functions in the category of “minor to moderate difficulty” are included. The ease of implementation and flexibility of the heuristic show the potential of this new approach. Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 64 Documents MSC: 90C26 Nonconvex programming, global optimization 90C59 Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming Keywords:Global optimization; Attraction-repulsion mechanism; Population-based heuristics PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{Ş. İ. Birbil} and \textit{S.-C. Fang}, J. Glob. Optim. 25, No. 3, 263--282 (2003; Zbl 1047.90045) Full Text: DOI