eprintid: 597 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/00/05/97 datestamp: 2013-07-01 13:11:48 lastmod: 2013-11-04 08:18:38 status_changed: 2013-07-01 13:11:48 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Battiti, R. title: Performance analysis of TAGUCHI for benchmark functions: Rosenbrock's and Rastrigin's ispublished: pub subjects: TK full_text_status: public keywords: Evolutionary Optimization abstract: The aim of the project is to analyze the performances Taguchi's method when dealing with benchmark functions. In particular, this project will analyze the performances of both the algoritms for: Rastrigin's and Rosenbrock's Functions date: 2013 date_type: published institution: University of Trento department: ELEDIA Research Center@DISI thesis_type: masters referencetext: [1] P. Rocca, M. Benedetti, M. Donelli, D. Franceschini, and A. 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(2013) Performance analysis of TAGUCHI for benchmark functions: Rosenbrock's and Rastrigin's. Masters thesis, University of Trento. document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/597/1/Abstract.A507.pdf