26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-2.3.3

THE APPLICATION OF ASEXUAL DNA ALGORITHM TO AIRFOIL DESIGN

L. Xia, Z. Gao, H. Zhan
NPU, China

Keywords: Genetic algorithms, Asexual DNA algorithm, Airfoil design

In order to solve the problems appeared in the practical use of Genetic algorithms, in this paper, an asexual DNA algorithm, which simulates the evolutionary mechanism of asexual reproduction, is applied to airfoil design. Compared with genetic algorithms, asexual DNA algorithm has faster globally convergence and better optimal effect.

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