The Application of Memetic Algorithms for Forearm Crutch Design : A Case Study
Joint Authors
Wu, Teresa
Li, Fan
Hu, Mengqi
Soni, Som
Badiru, Adedeji
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-03-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Product design has normally been performed by teams, each with expertise in a specific discipline such as material, structural, and electrical systems.
Traditionally, each team would use its member's experience and knowledge to develop the design sequentially.
Collaborative design decisions explore the use of optimization methods to solve the design problem incorporating a number of disciplines simultaneously.
It is known that such optimized product design is superior to the design found by optimizing each discipline sequentially due to the fact that it enables the exploitation of the interactions between the disciplines.
In this paper, a bi-level decentralized framework based on Memetic Algorithm (MA) is proposed for collaborative design decision making using forearm crutch as the case.
Two major decisions are considered: the weight and the strength.
We introduce two design agents for each of the decisions.
At the system level, one additional agent termed facilitator agent is created.
Its main function is to locate the optimal solution for the system objective function which is derived from the Pareto concept.
Thus to Pareto optimum for both weight and strength is obtained.
It is demonstrated that the proposed model can converge to Pareto solutions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wu, Teresa& Soni, Som& Hu, Mengqi& Li, Fan& Badiru, Adedeji. 2011. The Application of Memetic Algorithms for Forearm Crutch Design : A Case Study. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wu, Teresa…[et al.]. The Application of Memetic Algorithms for Forearm Crutch Design : A Case Study. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wu, Teresa& Soni, Som& Hu, Mengqi& Li, Fan& Badiru, Adedeji. The Application of Memetic Algorithms for Forearm Crutch Design : A Case Study. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-14.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-450840