Research Article

Optimal Synthesis of Four-Bar Linkage Path Generation through Evolutionary Computation with a Novel Constraint Handling Technique

Table 4

Comparative results of Case 2 with a novel path repairing technique.

Case 2: path generation with prescribed timing
ParametersABCJADEPBILTLBOACORGWOSCA

50.000047.331837.303447.331947.078748.759223.7320
8.79538.95949.70118.95949.51098.81026.4302
17.532626.141527.579026.141523.829323.804343.5310
50.000050.000040.138250.000044.964945.618437.4296
35.976743.529538.416643.529647.195049.885215.6308
−7.7228−27.9916−31.4443−27.9914−14.3055−13.8744−50.0000
16.068116.822416.227716.822417.842616.923414.9035
−34.3113−50.0000−48.1851−50.0000−47.7051−49.9768−50.0000
31.319648.362559.551948.362445.218444.2373107.4695
Min7.36960.76142.77900.76143.61971.093422.7680
Mean31.443613.317524.38739.291831.137927.5451147.5295
Max52.399426.142392.047917.8459107.1751192.4375660.2919
Std13.92077.954618.47868.130823.271236.4676141.0674
Error1.03560.30730.63180.30730.67490.37231.6759
Success30303030303030

Success = number of successful runs.