Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2000
An hybrid method combining two algorithms is proposed for the global optimization of inverted pattern functions encountered in non destructive control by eddy currents. This method performs first the exploration with a Genetic Algorithm, allowing to localize a "promising area" . Then the search is intensified inside that area, through a Nelder-Mead Simplex Search.
This paper has been presented at NUMELEC 2000.