Characterization of Performance, Robustness, and Behavior Relationships in a Directly Connected Material Handling System

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Roger J.en
dc.contributor.committeechairSturges, Robert H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDeisenroth, Michael P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNelson, Douglas J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberReinholtz, Charles F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberShewchuk, John P.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:09:57Zen
dc.date.adate2006-06-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:09:57Zen
dc.date.issued2006-02-13en
dc.date.rdate2006-06-27en
dc.date.sdate2006-04-18en
dc.description.abstractIn the design of material handling systems with complex and unpredictable dynamics, conventional search and optimization approaches that are based only on performance measures offer little guarantee of robustness. Using evidence from research into complex systems, the use of behavior-based optimization is proposed, which takes advantage of observed relationships between complexity and optimality with respect to both performance and robustness. Based on theoretical complexity measures, particularly algorithmic complexity, several simple complexity measures are created. The relationships between these measures and both performance and robustness are examined, using a model of a directly connected material handling system as a backdrop. The fundamental causes of the relationships and their applicability in the proposed behavior-based optimization approach are discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04182006-130843en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04182006-130843/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26967en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectOptimizationen
dc.subjectchaosen
dc.subjectcomplexityen
dc.subjectalgorithmic complexityen
dc.subjectgenetic algorithmen
dc.titleCharacterization of Performance, Robustness, and Behavior Relationships in a Directly Connected Material Handling Systemen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en
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