Ant colony optimization method for product platform formation

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 293-302

  Kumar, Rupesh ^a   Allada, Venkat ^a   Ramakrishnan, Sreeram ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Product platform formation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKETING; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT PLATFORM FORMATION; SCALING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 14044261738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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