Optimal interval design for system reliability with incomplete FDS by means of improved genetic algorithms

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-94

  Yokota, Takao ^a   Gen, Mitsuo ^a  

^a ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Incomplete FDS; Interval coefficient; Nonlinear integer programming

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBES; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY;

INTERVAL COEFFICIENTS; PRODUCT LIABILITY (PL);

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031699238     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6432(199801)81:1<84::AID-ECJB10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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