Genetic-algorithm-based optimal apportionment of reliability and redundancy under multiple objectives

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-298

  Huang, Hong Zhong ^a   Qu, Jian ^b   Zuo, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Multi objective optimization; Pareto solutions; Reliability optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMBINES; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY;

CONSTRAINT HANDLINGS; DECISION MAKERS; FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS; GENETIC-ALGORITHM; MULTI OBJECTIVES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; NON-DOMINATED SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARETO DOMINANCES; PARETO FRONTIERS; PARETO SOLUTIONS; PENALTY PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGNS; SELECTION OPERATORS; SINGLE OBJECTIVES; SINGLE-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS; SOLUTION DISTRIBUTIONS; TEST PROBLEMS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 59749086248     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802322994     Document Type: Article

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