Optimum synthesis of hybrid-task mechanisms using ant-gradient search method

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-130

  Smaili, Ahmad ^a   Diab, Nadim ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; DEFECTS; OPTIMIZATION;

CRANK ANGLES; GRADIENT SEARCH; HYBRID-TASK MECHANISMS; MECHANISM SYNTHESIS;

GRADIENT METHODS;

EID: 33750437264     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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