Research Article

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

Table 5

Comparative result of Case 2 with a penalty technique.

Case 2: path generation with prescribed timing
ParametersABCJADEPBILTLBOACORGWOSCA

40.760332.563750.000047.328447.698649.051225.7137
5.82497.27388.92388.95946.46617.93565.0000
9.976822.012823.950626.143421.056321.293625.7783
38.653431.953446.851350.000048.250141.637338.5477
28.055642.163248.693543.524846.028050.000015.3979
−5.7200−28.2724−16.8126−27.9988−23.73543.4330−50.0000
12.988712.844117.118616.822012.556016.238812.3447
−24.4168−48.8226−49.3931−50.0000−50.0000−47.9755−50.0000
34.506857.291046.900448.366141.640236.693567.0180
Min6.15128.59782.24580.761424.44162.645243.5787
Mean58.087935.913120.627445.836198.622939.3821340.6984
Max168.527997.645186.4201609.1712173.0658108.01791064.047
Std44.367117.031120.9987139.078039.982732.7100265.7480
Error0.89971.06650.54670.30731.92110.64512.5063
Success30302129303030

Success = number of successful runs.