Research Article

Continuous Genetic Algorithm as a Novel Solver for Stokes and Nonlinear Navier Stokes Problems

Table 18

Summary of all Navier Stokes cases results.

Solution methodAverage norm error (according to exact solution)CPU time (seconds)Tolerance and termination criteria

(Stokes case)CGA2.05 × 10−47523Fitness = 0.99
or
number of generations = 3000
Finite element
Wang et al., (2009) [24]
5.05 × 10−41 × 10−8
Galerkin finite element in COMSOL1.25 × 10−50.0451 × 10−6

(Nonlinear Navier Stokes case)CGA1.198 × 10−47456Fitness = 0.99
or
number of generations = 3000
Galerkin finite element in COMSOL1.10520.5461 × 10−6