To find a good termination criterion for genetic algorithms is a difficult and frequently ignored task. In most instances the practitioner stops the algorittm after a predefined number of generations or function evaluations. How this number is established? This stop…

by Qi Dong., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171).

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La caries de la primera infancia, con una prevalencia de 1 a 12% en países desarrollados y del 70% en países en
desarrollo, pueden ser prevenida si la madre adopta cuidados preventivos desde la etapa de gestación y a partir

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