DE-path : a differential-evolution-based method for computing energy-minimizing paths on surfaces

• Main Authors: Ye, Zipeng, Liu, Yong-Jin, Zheng, Jianmin, Hormann, Kai, He, Ying
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering; Energy-minimizing Paths; Differential Evolution
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144745
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Computing energy-minimizing paths that are general for different energy forms is a common task in science and engineering. Conventional methods adopt numerical solvers, such as conjugate gradient or quasi-Newton. While these are efficient, the results are highly sensitive with respect to the initial...