1st Edition

Applied Evolutionary Algorithms for Engineers Using Python

By Leonardo Azevedo Scardua Copyright 2021
254 Pages 75 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

254 Pages 75 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

225 Pages 1 Color & 75 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book meant for those who seek to apply evolutionary algorithms to problems in engineering and science. To this end, it provides the theoretical background necessary to the understanding of the presented evolutionary algorithms and their shortcomings, while also discussing themes that are pivotal to the successful application of evolutionary algorithms to real-world problems. The theoretical... Read more

Preface. SECTION I: INTRODUCTION. Evolutionary Algorithms and Difficult Optimization Problems. Introduction to Optimization. Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms. SECTION II: SINGLE-OBJECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS. Swarm Optimization. Evolution Strategies. Genetic Algorithms. Differential Evolution. SECTION III: MULTI-OBJECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS. Non-Dominated Sorted Genetic Algorithm II. Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition. SECTION IV: APPLYING EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS. Solving Optimization Problems with Evolutionary Algorithms. Assessing the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms. Case Study - Optimal Design of a Gear Train System. Case Study - Teaching a Legged Robot How to Walk. References.

Biography

Leonardo Azevedo Scardua received the D.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2015. He has extensive engineering experience with mission-critical applications in the railway industry, having applied artificial intelligence and optimization algorithms in the development of software systems that control train traffic in many railways. He is now with the Control Engineering Department at the Federal Institute of Technology of Espírito Santo, Brazil.