Optimal design of a multi-state weighted series-parallel system using physical programming and genetic algorithms

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 543-562

  Li, Wei ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^b   Moghaddass, Ramin ^b  

^a CITIGROUP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

multi objective optimal design; Multi state weighted series parallel systems; physical programming and genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT DESIGN; COMPONENT RELIABILITY; COMPONENT SELECTION; COMPONENT STATE; MULTI STATE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PHYSICAL PROGRAMMING; RELIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; RELIABILITY OPTIMAL DESIGN; SERIES-PARALLEL SYSTEM; SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEM COSTS; SYSTEM MODELS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

COSTS; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

PARALLEL PROGRAMMING;

EID: 80051486508     PISSN: 02175959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217595911003235     Document Type: Article

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