Optimization of physical flows in an automotive manufacturing plant: Some experiments and issues

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-305

  Muhl, E ^a   Charpentier, P ^a   Chaxel, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Car sequencing problem; Genetic algorithm; Gradient descent; Simulated annealing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; VEHICLES;

CAR SEQUENCING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0141458099     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(03)00081-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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