An Evolutionary Algorithm and discrete event simulation for optimizing inspection strategies for multi-stage processes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 621-633

  Van Volsem, Sofie ^a,b   Dullaert, Wout ^a   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evolutionary computations; Inspection allocation; Metaheuristics; Quality economics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATIONS; INSPECTION ALLOCATION; METAHEURISTICS; QUALITY ECONOMICS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33845922377     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.03.054     Document Type: Article

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