Optimal product design using a colony of virtual ants.
M. David AlbrittonPatrick R. McMullenPublished in: Eur. J. Oper. Res. (2007)
Keyphrases
- product design
- ant colony
- design process
- ant colony optimization
- social insects
- artificial ants
- life cycle
- interaction design
- real time
- conceptual design
- metaheuristic
- manufacturing process
- product development
- customer satisfaction
- ant colonies
- concurrent engineering
- optimal solution
- case study
- databases
- mass customization
- creative design
- swarm intelligence
- search space
- expert systems
- data analysis
- artificial intelligence
- neural network