Modelling and Simulation in Engineering
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 756436, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/756436
Research Article

Breast Tumor Simulation and Parameters Estimation Using Evolutionary Algorithms

Manu Mital and Ramana M. Pidaparti

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA

Received 20 September 2007; Revised 7 December 2007; Accepted 20 February 2008

Academic Editor: Ewa Pietka

Copyright © 2008 Manu Mital and Ramana M. Pidaparti. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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