A neural-genetic (NN-GA) approach for optimising mechanisms having joints with clearance

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-83

  Erkaya, Selçuk ^a   Uzmay, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dimensional synthesis; Genetic algorithm; Joint clearance; Kinematic efficiency; Neural network; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ALGORITHMS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GALLIUM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MECHANISMS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; BUSINESS MEDIA; DIMENSIONAL SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GA); INPUT LINK; JOINT VARIABLES; LINK PARAMETERS; NETWORK WEIGHTS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION (OF); OPTIMIZATION PROCESSES; PLANAR MECHANISMS; REVOLUTE JOINTS; SPRINGER (CO); TRAINING AND TESTING; TRANSMISSION ANGLES;

SET THEORY;

EID: 45849135248     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-008-9106-6     Document Type: Article

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