Genetic Algorithms and Engineering Design

MITSUO GEN, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Industrial andSystems Engineering at the Ashikaga Institute of Technology inJapan. An associate editor of the Engineering Design and AutomationJournal and Journal of Engineering Valuation & Cost Analysis,he is also a member of the international editorial advisory boardof Computers & Industrial Engineering. He is the author of twoother books, Linear Programming Using Turbo C and Goal ProgrammingUsing Turbo C.

RUNWEI CHENG, PhD, is a visiting associate professor at theAshikaga Institute of Technology in Japan and also an associateprofessor at the Institute of Systems Engineering at NortheastUniversity in China. Both authors are internationally known expertsin the application of genetic algorithms and artificialintelligence to the field of manufacturing systems.