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11Harmony search — (HS) is a metaheuristic algorithm (also known as soft computing algorithm or evolutionary algorithm) mimicking the improvisation process of musicians. In the process, each musician plays a note for finding a best harmony all together. Likewise,… …
12Cuckoo search — (CS) is an optimization algorithm developed by Xin she Yang and Suash Deb in 2009.[1][2] It was inspired by the obligate brood parasitism of some cuckoo species by laying their eggs in the nests of other host birds (of other species). Some host… …
13Dynamic programming — For the programming paradigm, see Dynamic programming language. In mathematics and computer science, dynamic programming is a method for solving complex problems by breaking them down into simpler subproblems. It is applicable to problems… …
14Genetic algorithm — A genetic algorithm (GA) is a search heuristic that mimics the process of natural evolution. This heuristic is routinely used to generate useful solutions to optimization and search problems. Genetic algorithms belong to the larger class of… …
15Modern portfolio theory — Portfolio analysis redirects here. For theorems about the mean variance efficient frontier, see Mutual fund separation theorem. For non mean variance portfolio analysis, see Marginal conditional stochastic dominance. Modern portfolio theory (MPT) …
16Biological small-angle scattering — Small angle scattering is a fundamental method for structure analysis of materials, including biological materials. Small angle scattering allows one to study the structure of a variety of objects such as solutions of biological macromolecules,… …
17Finite element updating — Finite element model updating is a process of making sure that finite element analysis results in models that better reflect the measured data than the initial models. It is part of Verification Validation (V V) of numerical models.This process… …
18Femap — Infobox Software name = Femap caption = Composite Wing Leading Edge Structure Modeled in Femap developer = Siemens PLM Software latest release version = V9.3.1 latest release date = May 2007 operating system = Windows XP genre = Computer Aided… …
19Artificial neural network — An artificial neural network (ANN), usually called neural network (NN), is a mathematical model or computational model that is inspired by the structure and/or functional aspects of biological neural networks. A neural network consists of an… …
20Internal Coordinate Mechanics — ICM stands for Internal Coordinate Mechanics and was first designed and built to predict low energy conformations of biomolecules. ICM also is a programming environment for various tasks in computational structural biology, sequence analysis and… …
