Optimal Design of Multiple Clutch Brakes Using a Multistage Evolutionary Method
Stanislaw Krenich, Andrzej Osyczka · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · 2006
In the paper an optimization problem of design of multiple clutch brakes is presented. The problem has a multicriteria character in which there are four objective functions and several constraints. To solve this problem a multistage approach to multicriteria design optimization is proposed. At all stages bicriteria optimization models are solved using evolutionary algorithms. After solving each model the set of Pareto optimal solutions is generated and can be graphically illustrated in the space of objectives. Then this set is presented to the designer who decides on which level one of the objective functions is treated as the constraint. The process is repeated till all the objective functions are considered.