An assessment of a genetic algorithm-based approach for optimising multi-body systems with applications to vehicle handling performance

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 320-344

  Haghiac, Horia ^a   Haque, Imtiaz ^a   Fadel, George ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Optimisation; Simulation; Simulation based design; Vehicle handling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VEHICLES;

LOCAL MINIMA; SIMULATION BASED DESIGN; STOCHASTIC OPTMIZATION METHODS; VEHICLE HANDLING;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 11044234291     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2004.005808     Document Type: Article

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