Optimal sequencing of design projects' activities using discrete particle swarm optimisation

International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-110

  Abdelsalam, Hisham M ^a   Mohamed, Amany M ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bio inspired; Design; Design structure matrix; Discrete particle swarm optimization; DPSO; DSM; Product development projects; Sequencing; projects

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; BIOMIMETICS; DESIGN; INTELLIGENT COMPUTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-INSPIRED; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; DISCRETE PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; DPSO; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SEQUENCING; PROJECTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84861851377     PISSN: 17580366     EISSN: 17580374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIC.2012.047181     Document Type: Article

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