A clustering procedure for reducing the number of representative solutions in the Pareto Front of multiobjective optimization problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 624-634

  Zio, E ^a,b   Bazzo, R ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy preference assignment; Genetic algorithms; Level Diagrams; Multiobjective optimization; Redundancy allocation; Subtractive clustering

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY PREFERENCES; LEVEL DIAGRAMS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; PARETO FRONT; REDUNDANCY ALLOCATION; RELIABILITY ALLOCATION; STEPS PROCEDURE; SUBTRACTIVE CLUSTERING;

DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79151486458     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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