Conservation of information in search: measuring the cost of success
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
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We show that the genetic algorithm that Leu described to plan component placement sequences and feeder assignments for pick-and-place printed circuit board assembly tasks is a special case of a more general model that supports multiple placement-nozzles and independent feeder and board link (chromosome) evaluation methods. We also show that independent link evaluation can be used to offset a reduction in the parent link sample space and that these results are better than what can be achieved through link-pair evaluation. These generalizations extend the capabilities of the genetic algorithm to a broader range of manufacturing scenarios.