A Hybrid Epigraph Directions Method for Nonsmooth and Nonconvex Constrained Optimization via Generalized Augmented Lagrangian Duality and a Genetic Algorithm

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<div>Comparison of the results obtained by both versions of the IED for problem PQR-T1-7. </div>

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Table 5: A Hybrid Epigraph Directions Method for Nonsmooth and Nonconvex Constrained Optimization via Generalized Augmented Lagrangian Duality and a Genetic Algorithm 

Table 5 | A Hybrid Epigraph Directions Method for Nonsmooth and Nonconvex Constrained Optimization via Generalized Augmented Lagrangian Duality and a Genetic Algorithm 