Reliability optimization using multiobjective ant colony system approaches

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-120

  Zhao, Jian Hua ^a   Liu, Zhaoheng ^a   Dao, My Thien ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ant colony system; Gearbox design; Multiobjective optimization; Redundancy apportionment; Reliability optimization; Series parallel system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REDUNDANCY;

ANT COLONY SYSTEM; GEARBOX DESIGN; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY APPORTIONMENT; RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION; SERIES PARALLEL SYSTEM;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 33748290030     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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