Design and implementation of a process optimizer: A case study on monitoring molding operations

Expert Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-21

  Lau, H C W ^a   Lee, C K M ^a   Ip, W H ^a   Chan, F T S ^b   Leung, R W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Fuzzy logic reasoning; Genetic algorithm; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INJECTION MOLDING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DIMENSIONAL QUALITY; FUZZY LOGIC REASONING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZERS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 27644479575     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: 14680394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2005.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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