Optimization of the test intervals of a nuclear safety system by genetic algorithms, solution clustering and fuzzy preference assignment

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-425

  Zio, E ^a,b   Bazzo, R ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy preference assignment; Fuzzy preference scoring; Genetic algorithms; Level Diagrams; Multiobjective optimization; Nuclear power plant; Pareto Front; Pareto set; Safety system; Subtractive clustering; Test intervals optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956919045     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.2010.42.4.414     Document Type: Article

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