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GD-MOEA: A New Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on the Generational Distance Indicator

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Menchaca-Mendez, A., Coello Coello, C.A. (2015). GD-MOEA: A New Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on the Generational Distance Indicator. In: Gaspar-Cunha, A., Henggeler Antunes, C., Coello, C. (eds) Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. EMO 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9018. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15934-8_11

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