An Automated Structural Optimisation Methodology for Scissor Structures Using a Genetic Algorithm

Table 4

This overview shows that, in general, the more the individuals, the smaller the number of generations needed until convergence but the higher the number of total iterations.

# ind.	# gen.	# iterations	HR
20	21	420	93
40	16	640	78
60	12	360	287
80	13	1040	139
100	10	1000	171
120	13	1560	88
140	9	1260	441
160	9	1440	167