An ant algorithm for optimization of hole-making operations

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-319

  Ghaiebi, Heidar ^a   Solimanpur, Maghsud ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ant algorithms; Drilling; Hole making; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANT ALGORITHMS; HOLE-MAKING;

DRILLING;

EID: 33847103225     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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