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A comparison of global optimization algorithms with standard benchmark functions and real-world applications using EnergyPlus

Jérôme Henri Kämpf Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, Station 18, Bâtiment LE, Lausanne, 1015, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael Wetter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, 94720, United States
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Darren Robinson Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, Station 18, Bâtiment LE, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Pages 103-120 | Received 26 May 2009, Accepted 17 Nov 2009, Published online: 17 May 2010

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