Automated type synthesis of planar mechanisms using numeric optimization with genetic algorithms

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 910-916

  Liu, Yi ^a   McPhee, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

AUTOMATED TYPE SYNTHESIS; MULTIBODY SYSTEMS; PLANAR MECHANISMS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 24344489496     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1904049     Document Type: Article

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