Selection of optimal part orientation in fused deposition modelling using swarm intelligence

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1209-1220

  Ghorpade, A ^a   Karunakaran, K P ^b   Tiwari, M K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOUNDRY AND FORGE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fused deposition modelling; Genetic algorithm; Part orientation; Particle swarm optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; OPTIMAL PART ORIENTATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; VOLUMETRIC ERRORS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 36849051161     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM771     Document Type: Article

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