Soft computing in engineering design - A review

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-221

  Saridakis, K M ^a   Dentsoras, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Fuzzy logic; Genetic algorithm; Neural networks; Soft computing

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES;

SOFT COMPUTING;

EID: 40749134141     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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