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Information Sciences 305 (2015) 320–348 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Information Sciences journal homepage: www.else /locate/ins A real-coded genetic algorithm with a direction-based crossover operator Yao-Chen Chuang a, Chyi-Tsong Chen a,b,⇑, Chyi Hwang b a Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, No. 100 Wenhwa Rd., Seatwen, Taichung 407, Taiwan b Center of General Education, National Quemoy University, No. 1 University Rd., Jinning Township, Kinmen 892, Taiwan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, we develop a parallel-structured real-coded genetic algorithm (RCGA), Received 5 October 2012 named the RGA-RDD, for numerical optimization. Technically, the proposed RGA-RDD inte- Received in revised form 14 November 2014 grates three specially designed evolutionary operators – the Ranking Selection (RS), Direc- Accepted 30 January 2015 tion-Based Crossover (DBX), and the Dynamic Random Mutation (DRM) – as a whole to Available online 11 February 2015 mimic a specific evolutionary process. Unlike the conventional RCGAs that perform evolu- tionary operators in a series framework, the RGA-RDD embeds a coordinator in the inner Keywords: parallel loop to organize the operations of the DBX and DRM so that a higher possibility Evolutionary algorithm of locating the global op