Optimal Design of Submarine Pipelines by a Genetic Algorithm with Embedded On-Bottom Stability Criteria

Table 7

Weighting factors associated with the objective function.

	Weighting factors Eq. (15)	Scenario
		1	2
Favoring length		50	10
		0.01	0.01
Intermediate		- - - -	5
		- - - -	0.01
Favoring ballast		1	1
		0.01	0.01