in today's globalization, an effective integration of production and distribution plans into a unified framework is crucial for attaining competitive advantage. this paper addresses an integrated multi-product and multi-time period production/distribution planning problem for a two-echelon supply chain subject to the real-world variables and constraints. it is assumed that all transportations a...

This paper presents an intelligent approach to identify parameters of single-phase induction motors. Because of the complication of space-phasor equations describing its dynamic behaviors, the parameters of single-phase induction motors could be roughly estimated via conventional tests based on the steady-state analysis. Therefore, they may cause inaccurate estimation. In this paper, some effic...

In the present study Artificial Neural Network (ANN) has been optimized using a hybrid algorithm of Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The hybrid GA-PSO algorithm has been used to improve the estimation of electricity demand of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The ANN-GA-PSO model uses gross domestic product (GSDP); electricity consumption per capita; income growth r...

In this age of wireless communication, micro strip antennas have drawn maximum attention of antenna community because of its compact size, light weight and low profile configuration. In this paper the problem of locating feed point of an inset fed microstrip patch antenna designed for wireless communication is dealt with. The optimization is done using three techniques: Genetic Optimization (GA...

Software Testing is continuous process of development and maintenance in life of software. In maintenance phase, regression testing gets exercisedwith additional resources/time for performance. The prioritization of test cases helps to reduce the cost-time of regression testing. Hence, completing Regression Testing effectively and on schedule is challenge for software tester. In this research p...

offshore jacket-type towers are steel structures designed and constructed in marine environments for various purposes such as oil exploration and exploitation units, oceanographic research, and undersea testing. in this paper a newly developed meta-heuristic algorithm, namely cyclical parthenogenesis algorithm (cpa), is utilized for sizing optimization of a jacket-type offshore structure. the a...

Regression Testing ensures that any enhancement made to software will not affect specified functionality of software. The execution of all test cases can be long and complex to run; this makes it a costlier process. The prioritization of test cases can help in reduction in cost of regression testing, as it is inefficient to rerun each and every test case. In this research paper, the criterion c...

This paper presents a new approach using Combined Artificial Neural Network (CANN) module for daily peak load forecasting. Five different computational techniques –Constrained method, Unconstrained method, Evolutionary Programming (EP), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Genetic Algorithm (GA) – have been used to identify the CANN module for peak load forecasting. In this paper, a set of ne...