TY - JFULL AU - Indu Saini and Phool Singh and Vikas Malik PY - 2013/4/ TI - Genetic Algorithm Approach for Solving the Falkner鈥揝kan Equation T2 - International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering SP - 371 EP - 375 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/17407 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 75, 2013 N2 - A novel method based on Genetic Algorithm to solve the boundary value problems (BVPs) of the Falkner–Skan equation over a semi-infinite interval has been presented. In our approach, we use the free boundary formulation to truncate the semi-infinite interval into a finite one. Then we use the shooting method based on Genetic Algorithm to transform the BVP into initial value problems (IVPs). Genetic Algorithm is used to calculate shooting angle. The initial value problems arisen during shooting are computed by Runge-Kutta Fehlberg method. The numerical solutions obtained by the present method are in agreement with those obtained by previous authors. ER -