Optimal allocation problem using Genetic Algorithm Online publication date: Wed, 06-May-2009
by T. Vasanthi, G. Arulmozhi
International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR), Vol. 5, No. 2, 2009
Abstract: This paper proposes a genetic model to study the reliability optimisation in a Linear Consecutively Connected System (LCCS) by allocating M statistically independent Multi-state Elements with different characteristics to the first N positions. The system is reliable if the first position is connected with the (N + 1)th position. The reliability of LCCS is obtained using Universal Generating Function technique. The optimal allocation is obtained by means of Genetic Algorithm. In our work, for the one-to-one allocation, the Permutation Crossover is used, which reduces the complexity of the problem, and also yield better result.
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