ABSTRACT
Abstract .....................................................................................................514 19.1 Introduction ....................................................................................514 19.2 Selected Stochastic Global Optimization Methods ........................518 19.3 Evaluation of Modified SA, VFSA, IDE, and UBBPSO ...............524 19.3.1 Evaluation Procedure, Constraints Handling and
Parameter Settings ............................................................524 19.3.2 Evaluation on Benchmark Unconstrained Problems ........525 19.3.3 Evaluation on Benchmark Constrained Problems ............528 19.4 Pooling Problem Formulation ........................................................528 19.4.1 p-and q-Formulations ......................................................528 19.4.2 r-Formulation ...................................................................532 19.4.3 Results and Discussion .....................................................534
