Research Article

An Improved Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm Using the Heuristical Normal Distribution and Direction-Based Crossover

Table 3

Optimization results of various algorithms for the cantilever beam problem.

Variables and objective functionMOIRCGARCGA in reference [50]IRCGA-1IRCGA-2IRCGA-3SPXMOGAHGA

b13.05303.04593.0053.06023.04503.03003.0442
h160.999760.896960.00461.201060.876359.623160.8812
b22.80622.80183.00512.81602.80233.20112.8022
h256.122756.016855.1056.302056.043055.230156.0432
b32.52362.52512.6012.60202.52532.58912.5253
h350.471850.464350.1050.697050.504150.062050.5041
b42.20632.22522.312.22372.22102.30012.2210
h444.125344.474545.4644.275844.417045.531044.4167
b51.74981.76781.791.75131.75001.79211.7499
h534.994834.846235.00435.013134.995034.586334.9949
f(x)62968.1863044.1764387.2963752.1962984.7065377.8662980.39