The application of multi-level genetic algorithms in assembly planning

Journal of Industrial Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Smith, Shana Shiang Fong ^a   Liu, Yong Jin ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE PLANNING (ASP); ASSEMBLY WORKERS; GENETIC OPERATOR PROBABILITY SETTING (GOPS); GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; GRAPH THEORY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM ASSEMBLERS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 3242813686     PISSN: 08826404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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