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Optimising Rig Design for Sailing Yachts with Evolutionary Multi-Objective Algorithm

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|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2020-0064 | Journal eISSN: 2083-7429 | Journal ISSN: 1233-2585
Language: English
Page range: 36 - 49
Published on: Dec 24, 2020
Published by: Gdansk University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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