A genetic algorithm and a particle swarm optimizer hybridized with Nelder–Mead s

ThispaperintegratesNelder–Meadsimplexsearchmethod(NM)withgeneticalgorithm(GA)andparticleswarmoptimization(PSO),respectively,inanattempttolocatetheglobaloptimalsolutionsforthenonlinearcontinuousvariablefunctionsmainlyfocusingonresponsesurfacemethodology(RSM).BoththehybridNM–GAandNM–PSOalg