Optimization for Engineering Problems (eBook)

Kaushik Kumar is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. His research interests include quality management systems, optimization, unconventional machining, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping and composites. J. Paulo Davim is Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. His research interests include mechanical and industrial engineering.

1. Review of some Constrained Optimization Schemes, Jonnalagadda Srinivas.
2. Application of Flower Pollination Algorithm for Optimization of ECM Process Parameters, Bappa Acherjee, Debanjan Maity, Arunanshu S. Kuar and Manoj K. Dutta.
3. Machinability and Multi-response Optimization of EDM of Al7075/SIC/WS2 Hybrid Composite Using the PROMETHEE Method,
Mohan Kumar Pradhan and Brajpal Singh.
4. Optimization of Cutting Parameters during Hard Turning using Evolutionary Algorithms, Vahid Pourmostaghimi and Mohammad Zadshakoyan.
5. Development of a Multi-objective Salp Swarm Algorithm for Benchmark Functions and Real-world Problems, Sushant P. Mhatugade,
Ganesh M. Kakandikar, Omkar K. Kulkarni and Vilas M. Nandedkar.
6. Water Quality Index: is it Possible to Measure with Fuzzy Logic?, Alexandre Choupina, Elisabeth T. Pereira, Samara Silva Soares,
Poliana Arruda, Francis Lee Ribeiro and Paulo Sérgio Scalize.