Stochastic behaviour and performance analysis of an industrial system using GABLT technique

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-23

  Komal, ^a   Sharma, S P ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Complex engineering system; GAs; Genetic algorithms; Industrial system; Lambda tau technique; Membership function; Performance index; PI; Stochastic behaviour

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GALLIUM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; POLYIMIDES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX ENGINEERING SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; LAMBDA-TAU TECHNIQUE; PERFORMANCE INDICES; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOUR;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954453004     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2010.033994     Document Type: Article

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