TY - CHAP AU - Ojeda Javier AU - Mininger Xavier AU - Gabsi Mohamed AU - Li Yongdong ED - Ioannis Dritsas Y1 - 2011-02-28 PY - 2011 T1 - Optimal Design and Placement of Piezoelectric Actuators using Genetic Algorithm: Application to Switched Reluctance Machine Noise Reduction N2 - Stochastic Optimization Algorithms have become essential tools in solving a wide range of difficult and critical optimization problems. Such methods are able to find the optimum solution of a problem with uncertain elements or to algorithmically incorporate uncertainty to solve a deterministic problem. They even succeed in fighting uncertainty with uncertainty. This book discusses theoretical aspects of many such algorithms and covers their application in various scientific fields. BT - Stochastic Optimization SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/14225 DO - 10.5772/14225 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -