A GA Based Configuration Design Optimization Method

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-15

  Grignon, Pierre M ^a   Fadel, Georges M ^b  

^a DASSAULT SYSTÈMES   (France)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Design; Layout; Multi Objective; Optimization; Packing; Pareto Genetic Algorithms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

CONFIGURATION; MULTI-OBJECTIVE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 1642587141     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1637656     Document Type: Article

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