A comparative study of stochastic optimization methods in electric motor design

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Tušar, Tea ^a   Korošec, Peter ^a   Papa, Gregor ^a   Filipič, Bogdan ^a   Šilc, Jurij ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electric motor; Empirical study; Geometry parameters; Numerical simulation; Power losses; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; GEOMETRY; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROTORS; STATORS;

GEOMETRY PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; POWER LOSSES; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 34548246041     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-006-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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