A new neighborhood function for discrete manufacturing process design optimization using generalized hill climbing algorithms

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-171

  Vaughan, Diane E ^a   Jacobson, Sheldon H ^a   Armstrong, Derek E ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Hill climbing; Manufacturing; Optimization; Stochastic algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISCRETE MANUFACTURING PROCESS DESIGN; GENERALIZED HILL CLIMBING ALGORITHMS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034206027     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.533566     Document Type: Article

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