Improved Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for Engineering Design Optimization

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</svg></td><td align="center">Average <svg height="16.6625" id="M339" style="vertical-align:-3.56265pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 36.262501 16.6625" width="36.262501" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg></td><td align="center">Standard<br/>deviation of <svg height="16.6625" id="M340" style="vertical-align:-3.56265pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 36.262501 16.6625" width="36.262501" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">LSQEA</td><td align="center">5.67334</td><td align="center">5.67334</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Rao and Xiong [<a href="/journals/mpe/2012/836597/#B12">12</a>]</td><td align="center">5.67334</td><td align="center">NA</td><td align="center">NA</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Robustness analysis of welded beam design obtained by LSQEA.

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Table 7: Improved Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for Engineering Design Optimization 